The Minoan culture, known from the island of Crete, shaped the southeastern ... inspired the legend described by Plato. The archaeological site near the village of Akrotiri is a popular tourist ...

The site was restored extensively by the famous archaeologist Arthur Evans in the early 1900s. Since then, it has become the biggest tourist draw on Crete. Knossos is located about 3 miles south ...

IF you’re looking for a spring getaway, a small town in Greece may be the perfect place for you. Heraklion is located in ...

The Acropolis of Athens is one of the most visited world sites, but what stood on top of it before the construction of the ...

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In 1950 the Santorini volcano experienced its last eruption, closing a cycle of volcanic activity that had begun in 1939.

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The U.S. is full of archaeological sites, "but in most cases you could be standing right on top of one and never know it," Elic Weitzel told Newsweek.

The Palestinian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said that 226 archaeological sites in Gaza have been damaged due to Israeli military operations, which affected all historical locations in the ...

This archaeological site could prove humans lived in northern Sask. earlier than we thought Researchers who worked at the site last summer and collected samples for testing shared some early ...

A spectacular necropolis just outside Naples contains stunning tombs that were carved into rock by the ancient Greeks who ...

During the Iron Age, the mysterious Tartessian people lived in southwest Spain. Little is known about them, but experts do ...