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THE PALACE OF KNOSSOS BETWEEN FANTASY AND REALITY  The reconstruction of the palace of Knossos helps the visitor to travel back through the tunnel of time, but brings forth the issue of how accurate and scientifically safe can this voyage be. Where can we set the limits between what was actually unearthed and what was a new creation through reconstruction?

THE LOWERING OF THE NAZI FLAG IN HERAKLION  An act of heroism at the end of WWII, performed by the guerilla group "Goniani Antartes"

THE OLYMPIC GAMES WERE BORN IN CRETE! Plato quotes: “leading the Games, the Cretans are first”, wanting to denote with this phrase the Cretans’ great tradition to different sport events

LYRE PLAYERS OF ANTIQUITY Have you ever really wondered how deeply rooted in time the musical tradition of our island could be?

The GENUINENESS OF IMITATION  Kostas Fthenakis, a charismatic Cretan artist that has rediscovered the techniques of Minoan craftsmen and applies them five thousands years later. Some of his artifacts are exposed in big museums of the world and admired by thousand of visitors as authentic Minoan art

THE RING OF KING MINOS AT HERAKLION’S MUSEUM The so called “Ring of Minos” after having been lost for decades is exhibited for the first time at Iraklion’s Archaeological museum 

FROM OLYMPIA TO CRETE Who were the Cretans that have brought the “kotinos”, the reward of the Olympic games of the antiquity back to the island? 

MYSTERIOUS SCRIPTS OF ANCIENT CRETE Eternal enigmae waiting for their decipherment

"BORN IN CHANIA":  Eleftherios Venizelos one of the most important politicians of modern Greece

THE HOLOCAUST OF ARKADI The defiant defense of this fortress-like monastery during the 1866 Cretan rebellion against the Turks is still legendary and inspirational 

BORDERING THE LEGEND Papa - Tziritis, the Cretan priest runner

THE CONCUBINE OF FOUR ADMIRALS Madame Hortanse, presented by Nikos Kazantzakis in "Alexis Zorbas" was a real person who lived in Crete till 1982

SKINNED ALIVE BY THE TURKS... The history of Daskalogiannis, hero of the Cretan Revolution

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