Minoan Timeline

3000 BCE – 1100 BCE · 2 sites

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Continent Record

Southernmost Known Site in Europe

Knossos

1900 BCE – 1100 BCE

Largest Bronze Age palace on Crete, centre of Minoan court life, fresco painting, and labyrinth myth. Arthur Evans's reconstructions remain controversial, yet the core of the West Court, Grand Staircase, and storage magazines reveals a complex that shaped how we picture Aegean prehistory.

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Bronze Age

Excavated multi-storey buildings at Akrotiri under the protective roof

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Country Record

Oldest Settlement in Greece

Akrotiri

3000 BCE – 1620 BCE

A Bronze Age Aegean city on Santorini buried by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in human history c. 1600 BCE, preserving multi-storey buildings, vivid frescoes, and stone-paved streets in near-intact condition.

Bronze Age