The Minoan civilization flourished between roughly 2000 and 1500 B.C. on Crete and nearby islands. How did it come to an end? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Crete has been a food destination a long time in the making. Greece’s biggest island is dotted with centuries-old olive trees (including the oldest olive tree in the world still producing fruit), ...

Stone tools found on Crete, Naxos, Zakynthos, and Kefalonia are used to argue that early humans, most likely Neanderthals, deliberately crossed open water to Greek islands at least 130,000 years ago.