From Milos obsidian and Cycladic marble figurines to Akrotiri’s ash-buried streets, this chapter follows the islands’ long arc from early seafaring to empire and collapse. It traces how the Thera ...

I sailed on the new Viking Vesta from Athens to Istanbul. The enriching experience was full of history and incredible views.

New findings in Pompeii – 5,000-year-old tomb in Spain reveals trade networks – Submerged megalithic formations off the coast ...

The Ten Plagues of Egypt are argued to have been the result of the eruption of Thera or Santorini. Does the evidence really ...

This serial property comprises six archaeological sites on Crete dating from 1900 to 1100 BCE. These sites represent the Minoan civilization, a major prehistoric Mediterranean culture. The palatial ...

Rediscovered at the beginning of the 20th century through the work of British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans, the Minoan Civilization, whose earliest beginnings were from c. 3500 BC on the island of ...