The gift shop at Greece’s Minoan Palace ruins museum at Knossos, Crete is being investigated for tax fraud by the country’s fiscal authorities after tourists complained that the shop wasn’t ...

The ancient palace runs on seasonal hours and admission is €6 EUR for adults, but for €10 EUR you can get into both the Palace of Knossos and the Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Popular Tours ...

The Palace of Knossos is located just south of modern-day Heraklion near the north coast of Crete. Built by a civilization that we call the Minoans, ... (British Museum Press, 2002).

According to Sir Arthur, the great palace at Knossos was destroyed about 1400 B.C. After that date it was occupied and partially rebuilt by “squatters” from the mainland, whose culture was far ...

A light, Mediterranean-style lunch at the Ashmolean’s rooftop restaurant followed by a wander through the museum’s newly opened Knossos exhibition is a Hellenistic helping of culture fit for ...

Since 1903, the museum has held the largest and most significant collection of Minoan archaeology outside Crete, thanks to one of my predecessors as Ashmolean director, Sir Arthur Evans.