Map of Crete area, showing travelers where the best hotels and attractions are located.

The legend of Atlantis never really disappears. It gets revisited, adjusted, and debated when new findings raise fresh questions. Lately, professionals have focused their attention on locations in ...

Once the political hub of ancient Athens, the Acropolis ruins tower over modern Athens from their perch in the center of the city.

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

Besides, ancient ruins and palaces abound: Crete was one of the first places inhabited in Europe, with settled history dating back to 7000BC.

Digging into the chalky orange-brown soil of western Germany, archaeologists exposed the ruins of an ancient Roman military camp. Their finds were plentiful but typical — until they uncovered a ...

Part of a road in Cyprus collapsed, revealing a long-forgotten tomb from about 2,000 years ago, officials said. Photos show ...

→ Ruins of ancient Roman camp seemed typical — then a very rare artifact emerged → 6,000-year-old figurine found in Poland called discovery of the century.

Read latest scientific findings on ancient DNA, including research on DNA preserved from early life forms and early humans.

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