The ancient peoples of the Philippines and of Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) may have built sophisticated boats and mastered ...

It is well-known that the academic mathematicians of ancient Greece made a hugely significant contribution to world thought. However, the ancient inhabitants of the tiny village of Pyrgi on the island ...

The Mediterranean Sea used to be filled with pirates who terrorized not only Ancient Greece but Rome as well. Long before the ...

The little-known ancient Greek city of Europos has started to unveil its secrets in a new wave of excavations that started in ...

Prologue For about a millennium the Mongol Turks have been targeting the Greeks. The Mongol Turks first appeared in the ...

Few places in the world capture the imagination quite like Santorini. This stunning Greek island, set in the heart of ...

Art from ancient Thrace is often flashy and brusque, as befits a warrior tribe. The archaic society was known for the prowess ...

Sediment cores from the Aegean Sea reveal that human-driven lead contamination began 5,200 years ago—much earlier than expected. This pollution is tied to shifts in economy and land use, culminating ...

The Greek island has a long history of earthquakes, but what is causing the recent series of quakes has scientists perplexed.

Precautions were also ordered on several nearby Aegean Sea islands ... of the ancient Minoan civilization, which had flourished in the region. Although it is still an active volcano, the last notable ...

Most visitors to Greece make a beeline for the Cyclades ... north of Athens offers the best attributes of the Aegean without the crowds or commoditized Hellenism. When approaching from the sea, you ...

Intense seismic activity continues in and around the Greek islands of Santorini, Amorgos, Anafi and Ios, stirring fear in the southern Aegean Sea ... devastated the ancient Minoan civilization.