Or, Who Gets to Interpret the Past? It turns out that, like most any field of human endeavor, there are factions within the archaeological community. Some say the limit is to dig up the artifacts, clean things up, put them back in place for viewing. Some say it’s okay to…
We had two nights left on Crete and the last one was going to be a simple sleepover in Iraklio (known to Google and such ilk as “Heraklion”.) We wanted something cool and different for the last “real” night on Crete and we’d heard that south-central and south-east Crete was…
When Bilbo and Frodo need a break from fighting orcs, they’ve got a favorite place they take their girlfriends Nillo and Jaylo for vacation: Preveli Beach and the Palm Forest. After our idyllic lunch next to the stream, we hopped in the car for what we thought would be a…
After leaving the upper Preveli Monastery, we stopped at an overlook to check out Preveli Beach and the famous Palm Forest. At that moment the beach went from a maybe to an absolutely must go. We had to drive back down the mountain we had come up, pass the lower…
The primary plan for the day was to go to Preveli Beach and the Palm Grove. Geni’s research had found an interesting monastery on the way. We didn’t know at the time that it was actually two monasteries. The Preveli Monasteries were the center of religion and education for southwest…
What’s a thousand years, give or take? Did civilization start with the invention of writing or with the invention of bronze? Was the use of chipped stone for tools the demarcation? Who came up with the wheel? Maybe things kicked off with the first woven basket. Or when some crazy…
