US lawmakers urge the Trump administration to prioritize the Great Sea Interconnector linking Greece, Cyprus, and Israel.

Discover the ancient origins of summer vacation, from Greek sanctuaries and Roman leisure to paid holidays and modern tourism.

India's struggle of independence has been inspired by Greek ideals that many of its revolutionaries and philhellenes shared ...

The Late Minoan necropolis at Armeni, located on Crete, is one of the most important archaeological sites from the Late Minoan period.

Perched dramatically upon a rugged cliff in the mountainous Maçka region near Trabzon, the ruins of Saint George Peristereotas have stood in quiet solitude for over a century. Founded in the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered three ancient tombs with mummies, limestone and pottery coffins, and burial objects in Egypt’s Bahariya Oasis.

An Iron Age hillfort in Devon may be the site of the Battle of Cynuit, where a Saxon force defeated a Viking army in 878.

Choosing famous people with roots in Crete is no easy task. The Greek island, the largest and most populous in the country, has a rich history that has produced some of the most influential figures in ...

Tradition links August 12 to the final days before the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (on August 15) in Greece and the Orthodox world.

Homer’s Iliad, written in the seventh century BCE, describes the final year of the Trojan War. In one part of the narrative, a battle between the Greek hero Achilles and Hector of Troy occurs. In the ...

The striking motor-sailing cruise ship Club Med 2—one of the largest sailing vessels in the world—has docked in Chania, Crete ...

The story of the famous Leonidas chocolates and pralines is as rich as the confections themselves. It began with a Greek ...