The two best-known adult skeletons from Cladh Hallan are the most unusual. Each was found under a roundhouse. One skeleton ...

Ancient human remains from Sulawesi suggest people were habitually using the psychoactive betel nut as far back as 25,000 years ago. Researchers found both unusual tooth wear and traces of arecoline, ...

Today, if you want to seem fancy, you drape yourself in gold and diamonds. Back in ancient Iron Age societies, Mediterranean elites covered themselves in jewelry made from meteorites. There’s no ...

Chris Gooden Minoan is the 7-2 second choice on the morning line in Saturday's Earl Beal Jr. Memorial. When it comes to earning paychecks, Minoan has become a horse trainer Noel Daley can bank on.

Metallic debris from space that survived its fiery descent through Earth’s atmosphere may have served as jewelry for ancient elites in Greece, who likely sourced it from Egypt, a new study found.

Meteorites provided a rare but ready source of iron for ancient Bronze Age cultures before smelting became common. A new study, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, sheds light on how ...

A tiny stone offering table from a Minoan mountaintop sanctuary may preserve something far larger than its size suggests: possible evidence that Dionysos and Demeter had religious predecessors on ...

Carl Blegen and Marison Rawson with facsimiles of clay tablets bearing ancient Minoan writings from 1200 BCE. With last week’s release of The Odyssey, powerhouse director Christopher Nolan’s ...

A group of women come out from behind a banner placed in front of a small cave, dressed in white ceremonial robes. Men and women of varying ages are standing in a semi-circle while the women lead a ...

Composer Ludwig Göransson has reunited with Christopher Nolan to score “The Odyssey,” marking their third collaboration after “Tenet” and “Oppenheimer.” Earlier this year, Göransson’s work on “Star ...

Palast von Knossos, Knossos Palast von Knossos: Walking Into Crete’s Ancient Labyrinth Published on 06/25/2026 at 13:40 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS Step ...

Long before Homer wrote the Odyssey, Minoan seafarers were plying the trade routes of the Mediterranean and spinning stories of adventure — but when it comes to imagination on an outlandish scale, the ...