Did the Minoans disappear after the Bronze Age? Or did they continue to exist as a distinct people among the inhabitants of ...

He called the culture Minoan--after King Minos--and bestowed it with values and gods similar to what would later develop in ancient Greece.

DNA research is shedding new light on the mysterious ancient Minoan civilization on the island of Crete and their counterparts on the Greek mainland, the Mycenaeans.

A new analysis of genome sequences from the ancient Minoans and Mycenaeans offers insight into the origins of these Bronze Age cultures.

Art World The Ancient Minoans Liked to Party Hard—and They Had Their Own 3,500-Year-Old Version of the Solo Cup The ceramic vessels were disposed of en masse after boozy bachannals.

Do the famous Bronze Age Minoans appear in Homer's Odyssey, perhaps as the Eteocretans or the rich Phaeacians?

The ancient Minoans%2C Europe%27s first civilization%2C vanished from Crete around 1%2C600 B.C. A study of ancient DNA reveals the Minoans probably originated from Stone Age European settlers ...

DNA analysis of archaeological remains has revealed that Ancient Minoans and Mycenaens were genetically similar with both peoples descending from early Neolithic farmers. They likely migrated from ...

The Minoans, the builders of Europe's first advanced civilization, really were European, new research suggests.

The incredible history here has been shaped by millennia of civilizations—from the ancient Minoans to the Venetians, Ottomans, and everything in between. But beyond its boundless heritage, Crete ...