Minoans may have created the first portable eclipse calculator, predating the Antikythera mechanism by over a millennium.

Near the town of Palaikastro, located at the eastern end of the island of Crete, lies the archaeological site of a city from ...

On the eastern end of the Greek island of Crete, archaeologist Dimitra Mylona steps out onto the dun-colored remains of the 3,500-year-old Minoan settlement of Palaikastro and considers the past.

ByEvan Hadingham Friday, January 16, 2015 NOVA NextNOVA Next For over two decades, archaeologists have excavated the remains of Minoan houses and streets at Palaikastro in eastern Crete.

Professor Hector Orengo in Palaikastro. Photo courtesy of H. Orengo. Image used with permission by copyright holder Located on Crete’s east coast, Palaikastro is known for herb-filled mountains ...

Sandy McGillivray, an archaeologist studying the Minoan ruins of Palaikastro on the eastern shore of Crete, had never seen anything like it. While strolling along the beach, McGillivray noticed ...

On the eastern end of the Greek island of Crete, archaeologist Dimitra Mylona steps out onto the dun-colored remains of the 3,500-year-old Minoan settlement of Palaikastro and considers the past.

I learned much more than I had expected.” Crete was once the home of the earliest Bronze Age civilization in Europe and one of its most important settlements is Palaikastro, a large harbour town ...

Minoans may have invented the first portable eclipse calculator, predating the Antikythera mechanism by over a millennium.