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2. Heraklion International Airport "Nikos Kazantzakis" - Wikipedia

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   Heraklion International Airport "Nikos Kazantzakis" (IATA: HER, ICAO: LGIR) is the primary airport on the island of Crete, Greece, and the country's second busiest airport after Athens International Airport. It is located about 5 km (3.1 mi) east of the main city centre of Heraklion, near the municipality of Nea Alikarnassos. It is a shared ...

3. History of Crete - Wikipedia

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   The Bull-Leaping Fresco from Knossos showing bull-leaping, c. 1450 BC; probably, the dark skinned figure is a man and the two light skinned figures are women. The history of Crete goes back to the 7th millennium BC, preceding the ancient Minoan civilization by more than four millennia.

4. Cretan War (205–200 BC) - Wikipedia

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   The Cretan War (205–200 BC) was fought by King Philip V of Macedon, the Aetolian League, many Cretan cities (of which Olous and Hierapytna were the most important) and Spartan pirates against the forces of Rhodes and later Attalus I of Pergamum, Byzantium, Cyzicus, Athens, and Knossos.

5. Bob Dylan's world tour will be coming to Athens. Here's when ...

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   Legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's "Rough and Rowdy Ways" world tour will make a two-night stand in Athens with a pair of concerts scheduled for 8 p.m. Thursday, Mar. 14 and Friday, Mar. 15.

6. Hagia Triada - Wikipedia

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   Hagia Triada (also Haghia Triada, Hagia Triadha, Ayia Triada, Agia Triada), (Greek: [aˈʝia triˈaða]) is a Minoan archaeological site in Crete.The site includes the remains of an extensive settlement noted for its monumental NeoPalatial and PostPalatial period buildings especially the large Royal Villa.

7. Sacrificial victims of the Minotaur - Wikipedia

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   In Greek mythology, the people of Athens were at one point compelled by King Minos of Crete to choose fourteen young noble citizens (seven young men and seven young women) to be offered as sacrificial victims to the half-human, half-taurine monster Minotaur to be killed in retribution for the death of Minos' son Androgeos.