Zominthos is the only mountaintop Minoan settlement ever to have been excavated and is still yielding groundbreaking information. Credit: Archaeological Institute of America The ancient Minoan palace ...

For hundreds of years historians, geologists, scientists and archaeologists have been trying to discover how Minoan civilization came to an end. Credit: w_lemay. CC BY 2.0/flickr For hundreds of years ...

The Crown Jewels are the ceremonial treasures which have been acquired by English kings and queens, mostly since 1660. The collection includes not only the regalia used at coronations, but also crowns ...