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    Architecture of Anxiety: Koules and the Limits of Empire in Crete

    January 20, 2026/
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    The structures known in Crete as “Koules” are among the most distinctive yet often misunderstood elements of the island’s historical landscape. Scattered across plains, hills, and coastal zones, these small fortifications form a network that speaks to centuries of insecurity, foreign rule, and local resistance. Though the word “Koules” is commonly used today to describe them, their history spans different periods, builders, and purposes, and their meaning evolved alongside Crete’s turbulent past....

    History,Religion

    The Byzantine Sanctuary; A Story Written in Stone and Paint.

    January 10, 2026/
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    Most people step into a church and see the sanctuary as a piece of architecture: a curved end wall, an altar, some paintings, a screen. Very few ever ask why it is shaped the way it is, why those particular images are there, or why the space feels so different from the rest of the building. Yet nothing in a Byzantine sanctuary is accidental. Every line, surface, and figure belongs to a...

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    Archaeology,History,Mythology,Villages

    From Plague to Promise, the Story of Prasses

    November 24, 2025/
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    Once, long before the villages we know today, the high hill known as Kastri bore a settlement perched precariously against the sky. Its stones gleamed in the sun, arranged not with the precision of palaces, but with the care of people who built for shelter and survival, for their lives were not governed by kings or courts, but by the whims of fate and the shifting tides of the world around them....

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    History

    When Andalusī Pirates Ruled the Aegean: The Rise and Fall of the Emirate of Crete

    November 15, 2025/
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    The history of the Emirate of Crete is one of the most fascinating chapters in the medieval Mediterranean. It is a story of exile, migration, maritime daring, imperial determination and the encounter between two worlds: the Muslim societies that expanded across the western and central Mediterranean, and the Byzantine Empire striving to preserve its dominion over the Aegean. Crete, known in Arabic sources as Iqrīṭish, became the unlikely focal point of this...

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    History,Religion

    The Story of Sin: Sin, Community and Social Order

    November 12, 2025/
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    Beneath the gilded halos and serene saints of Cretan frescoes lies a darker story — one of fear, obedience, and control. Byzantine churches across the island are filled with vivid scenes of sin and punishment: writhing bodies, demons with gaping jaws, and souls weighed in divine scales. These were not merely paintings for prayer, but lessons in power — reminders that salvation was conditional, and that the Church’s eye never looked away.

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    Archaeology,History

    Where Hides Became History: The Lost World of Traditional Leather Tanning

    November 9, 2025/
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    Leather was one of the most essential materials of pre-industrial life — used for clothing, armour, bookbinding, and tools. Yet few people today have seen where it was made. Tanneries were usually built near rivers or springs, both for their abundant water supply and to keep their powerful smells away from homes. What remains here speaks of ingenuity and endurance — a network of basins, each designed for a specific role in...

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    Make Haste Slowly: How a Cretan Scholar Helped Invent the Pocketbook

    November 8, 2025/
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    This is the story of how a visionary Venetian printer, Aldus Manutius, and a brilliant Cretan scholar, Markos Mousouros, joined forces to create the world’s first “handbooks” — portable books that changed the course of reading forever. Their motto, engraved beneath a dolphin and an anchor, summed up their philosophy perfectly: “Festina Lente” — Make Haste Slowly.

    The Magical Crete Magicians

    Introducing Enda

     I arrived in Crete many years ago, for a 2-week holiday. It turned out to be the longest two weeks of my life.

    The magic of Crete caught me immediately in its spell, and I just decided to stay. Because I speak 4 languages fluently and can get by in a few more, I didn’t have too many problems finding a job in the tourism sector. During this time I realised that there was a lot wrong with the tourism industry, but didn’t really think about it too much, I was too busy working.

    When Covid 19 turned the whole world on its head, my job was seriously affected by this. This gave me the chance to really look at my misgivings about the industry, and the time to develop my own ideas about what tourism is and how it should be approached.

    This is when the idea of Magical Crete started taking shape…

    Anoushka

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    I met this crazy Irish guy on one of the rather boring trips on the ferry to Gramvousa and Balos when I was working as a tour guide.

    When I finally got used to his accent and understood what he was actually saying, things got a lot easier and we got on very well.

    The man’s knowledge is just incredible, and what was even more incredible was that he was willing to share it with me.

    When I understood what he was thinking about and wanted to do, I knew this was something I wouldn’t mind getting involved with.

    And then, he asked if I would be interested in developing his ideas and being part of Magical Crete…

    During our time developing our ideas Enda got a little too enthusiastic now and again and did some damage to himself, sometimes quite serious damage.

    While trying to stop him from doing further damage and making him see a the sense in caution and care, he gave me the status of his “Guardian Angel” …

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