The UNESCO Expert Council has recommended postponing the inclusion of Crete's Minoan Palaces on the World Heritage List.

Do the famous Bronze Age Minoans appear in Homer's Odyssey, perhaps as the Eteocretans or the rich Phaeacians?

Firefighter uses a hose as the try to extinguish the blaze near the town of Ierapetra on the south coast of Crete island, ...

This is the sixth installment of Edmonds resident Nathaniel Brown’s recent travels to Greece. You can read part 1 here, part ...

Divers have spent decades exploring Greece's ancient Antikythera wreck. The latest expedition found relics and retrieved ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government said Wednesday it is temporarily suspending asylum applications for migrants ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

From the pyramids of Egypt to the jungle-choked ruins of Angkor Wat, from the magical desert capital of the Nabateans in ...

Sitting between Asia, Africa and Europe, Crete is located around 200 miles south of mainland Greece. With an area of about 3,300 square miles, Crete is one of the largest islands in the ...

A treasure trove of Renaissance art and architecture, amazing food and wine, you'll find so many incredible things to do in ...