The Minoan Civilization of Crete, often hailed as Europe’s first literate society, left behind a strange writing system that continues to mystify modern scholars, remaining an unsolved enigma to ...

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

Its vibrant culture made a major impact on the rising new regional power: the Mycenaean Greeks, who lauded King Minos and Crete in their mythology. Linear B, the Cretan writing system adopted by ...

In 1908, an archaeologist in Crete discovered a small clay disk bearing unknown symbols. ... one written in undoubtedly authentic Linear A script (typical of the Cretan Minoan civilization).

Knossos palace in Crete. Credit: Cayambe / Wikimedia Commons The ivory object, provisionally identified as a scepter or ritual staff, features an engraved inscription in the Linear A script on all its ...

A team of archaeologists has discovered in Knossos, on the Greek island of Crete, the longest Linear A inscription found to date. The script appears on a circular ivory object with an attached handle, ...

International recognition of the outstanding universal value of the archaeological sites of Knossos, Phaistos, Malia, Zakros, Zominthos, and Kydonia – Mendoni: A landmark day for our homeland, the ...