The archaeological site of Phaistos, where one of the most emblematic Minoan palaces is located on Crete, is to undergo a ...

But unlike these palaces and other feats of Minoan architecture, the purpose of the building remains unknown, and it’s now the subject of much archaeological attention and speculation.

The ancient palace Knossos is the best known example of Minoan architecture, with a central open space flanked by wings of dozens of smaller rooms connected by corridors. Despite generally being ...

The Minoan palatial centres stand out for their unique monumental architecture, with its complex internal organisation, which passed into ancient Greek memory as the “Labyrinth”. They constituted the ...

From domestic structures to palatial buildings, mud bricks were an essential component of Minoan architecture. Through archaeomalacological analysis, researchers are not only reconstructing ...

The history of Minoan Crete is broken into Early, Middle, and Late Minoan periods, and although the exact dates for narrower subdivisions are debated, the broad chronological dates for these major ...