Scientists have obtained genetic material from the ancient Minoans and Mycenaeans, who lived three to five thousand years ago.

The mysterious Minoans descended primarily from local Stone Age farmers, as did their cultural successors, the Mycenaeans -- and their descendants still inhabit Greece today The Minoan Civilization ...

Excavations at Knossos exposed a dazzling Minoan world of palaces, ritual spectacle, and far-reaching sea connections, then a sudden age of disaster. After Thera’s eruption and island-wide turmoil, ...

DNA research is shedding new light on the mysterious ancient Minoan civilization on the island of Crete and their counterparts on the Greek mainland, the Mycenaeans. The civilizations were Europe’s ...

According to Ancient Minoan marriage rules, first cousin marriages were nothing unusual in the particular society.

The Minoans, the builders of Europe's first advanced civilization, really were European, new research suggests. The conclusion, published today (May 14) in the journal Nature Communications, was drawn ...

Recent DNA testing has revealed fresh insight into the genetic origins of today’s Greek population, who do, in fact, have more in common with their mythic ancestors than experts previously believed, ...

An analysis of ancient DNA has revealed that Ancient Minoans and Mycenaens were genetically similar with both peoples descending from early Neolithic farmers. They likely migrated from Anatolia to ...