Cronus (Greek Κρόνος) was one of the Titans born from marriage of the primordial god Uranus (the sky) and the goddess Gaia (the earth) in the ancient Greek mythology. Fearing a prophecy that he would be doomed by his own child, he began to swallow all his offspring. Minos (Greek Μίνως) is the legendary king […]

Ancient palaces are unique evidence of a great and mysterious Minoan civilization that existed on the island during the period of 2700-1400 BC. Palaces found on the island are without equal. Palace of Knossos, of course, is a world class historic site, the most unusual and tremendous of Cretan sights. It has strange architecture, indescribable […]

The fact, that the diet most directly affects the human well-being, was probably known in Egypt and Mesopotamia. But it just so happened that the ancient Greeks left most of all works about what and how to eat. Hippocratic body of writing (a set of works whose authorship is attributed to the “father of medicine”, […]