A couple of years ago I had a holiday on Crete. I went on a bus trip to Herakleion and Knossos - hoping to learn something about the Minoans, Myceneans etc. As far as I could tell, the archeological museum at Herakleion was full of very interesting exhibits - but I couldn't see much of them because of the struggling, polyglot mass of leisurewear clad bodies between me and said exhibits. We then went on to Knossos and had a similar experience, but this time in the open-air ... I gave up and did some botanising around the ruins instead.

Perhaps, one day, some future archeologist will find modern Crete sunk below the waters of the Med. under the sheer weight of tourists. I wonder if the associated base-ball caps, trainers, shorts and track-suit bottoms will provide reliable dating evidence?