Tag: crete
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The Mystery of Knossos and the Minoan Civilisation
Knossos Palace is the most popular tourist destination in the Hellenic Republic after the Acropolis in Athens for good reason. Tied to a famous myth, this archaeological site fascinates due to the captivating insights into the Minoan Civilisation, also dubbed as the earliest European settlement. Knossos was purported to be the very labyrinth that imprisoned…
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Museum of Ancient Greek Technology (Crete)
Most people already know of Ancient Greece’s monumental contribution to mankind in terms of philosophy, arts, language, mathematics and politics just to name a few. As a nerd who is more linguistically gifted and into arts and history, science was never my thing but during my latest vacation in the Hellenic Republic, I stumbled upon…
