Knossos – a new UNESCO World Heritage site
The Minoan palace of Knossos joins the UNESCO World Heritage site list alongside the Minoan palaces of Phaistos, Malia, Zakros, Zominthos and Kydonia. We are overjoyed that six of Crete’s Minoan Palaces have been recognised for their historical and enduring
The Hugh Sackett Street Celebration
On the 25th June 2025, an inaugural ceremony for Hugh Sackett Street took place in Palaikastro, East Crete, with celebrations including a church service at Aghios Antonios, the unveiling of a marble plaque of the newly-named street now affixed to
Archive donation – Penrose’s passport
We are thrilled have recently received for our Archive of one of Francis C. Penrose's (the BSA's first Director) passports from his travels in 1845! This sleek bound document seems to cover the period of his Worts' Travelling Bachelorship from
