In the eastern Aegean, Minoan pottery has been found ... Despite the importance of Crete to ancient Greek civilization, archaeological study of its culture is relatively recent.

Greek archaeologist George S. Korres, known for his excavations in the area of ancient Pylos in Messenia, died on Monday, ...

Santorini, Greece's iconic island, unveiled a new tourism campaign highlighting the unseen, authentic side of the popular ...

Surrounded by the remnants of an ancient civilization ... stunning views of the Aegean Sea. It is dedicated to Poseidon, the god of the sea, and is a captivating ancient Greek temple with ...

Many civilizations have inhabited this small Aegean island, near Asia Minor, since the 3rd millennium B.C. The remains of Pythagoreion, an ancient fortified port with Greek and Roman monuments and a ...

Intense seismic activity continues in and around the Greek islands of Santorini ... eruption in 1600 BC which devastated the ancient Minoan civilization.

Shared religious rites united ancient Greek villages and regions ... the cave was also a ritual site where people from around the Aegean came to bury their dead. Some 5,000 years ago, part ...

A century ago, UChicago scholars argued a controversial idea: Western civilization had its roots in the ancient Middle East—not in Greece or Rome. Today, scholars at the OI and across the University ...