37K views · 645 reactions | The lost language of the Minoan civilization remains a total mystery. | Revealed | Facebook

292K views · 3.6K reactions | Step back over 4,000 years on the Minoan Trail, Europe’s oldest road.  This ancient pathway in Crete stretches 50km from ancient Gortyn and Lebena to the legendary Minoan Palace at Knossos, thought to be the oldest city in Europe. Crafted by the Minoans (Europe's first advanced civilisation), it's a testament to timeless engineering and is still in excellent condition today. Reel by ashley.and.max (TikTok) #discovergreece | DiscoverGreece.com | Facebook

On the island of Crete at the Palace of Knossos, the Minoan civilization built an advanced flushing toilet system around 1700 BC. They installed networks of terracotta pipes and cisterns that collected rainwater to power a lever system, flushing waste into neatly lined sewers. This ingenious design separated rainwater from wastewater long before similar systems appeared in Europe. Although their civilization later collapsed due to earthquakes and invasions, leaving these technological feats buri