From the gastronomic specialties of Sifnos to the enigmatic ruins of the Dodecanese, each Greek island has its own distinct ...

Greece, one of the world’s oldest civilizations, traces its history back to at least 7000 BCE, when Neolithic settlements ...

The ancient Minoan palace of Zominthos on Crete located about 1,200 meters (nearly 4,000 feet) above sea level shows that Minoans were not just seafarers but highlanders too. Discovered in 1984 and ...

Recently, more and more foreign authors have been turning to ancient Greece to get inspiration for their novels.

We all met yesterday on the island of Lefkada (sometimes known as Lefkas), which sits in the Ionian Sea just off the west coast of Greece ... was Odysseus’s ancient Ithaca.

Vasiliki Pergada and her 4-year-old daughter Panagiota, dressed in animal skins and heavy bronze bells, join revelers ...

We need to welcome tourists, but also preserve the soul of our islands." You can find all the letters from our correspondents here. Marina Rafenberg (Athens (Greece) correspondent) Translation of ...

A father and son have made the discovery of a lifetime - an ancient ocean-voyaging waka on Rēkohu/Chatham Islands. Vincent Dix spoke to Charlotte Cook. News Radio Podcasts Series Topics Te Ao Māori ...

DISTOMO, Greece — Feeling overwhelmed ... traditions across the Greek heartland and islands trace back to the ecstatic processions in ancient times honoring Dionysus, the god of wine, fertility ...

A new exhibition on the history of the Cyclades reveals the ‘untold stories’ of the islands ... the ancient city of Thera on the island of Santorini, is being exhibited in Greece for ...