Paleochora Sitting a little over 40 miles south of Chania on Crete's southwestern coast, the small port town of Paleochora offers sanctuary from ... even the ruins of an ancient castle.

The untamed red-earth landscapes of western Crete float farther south in ... Visiting this ancient religious sanctuary that attracted pilgrims for millennia is a humbling venture.

The trail’s 215 miles connect ancient road networks with modern hiking paths, tracing rivers, twisting up gorges and traversing the ruins of Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine cities. Map ...

Ancient Greece is traditionally divided into six ages ... while the Minoans resided on the large island of Crete. This “Helladic” period, named after Hellas, the Greek name for Greece, is divided into ...

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

The Italian Space Agency has picked European company Blue Skies Space to build a fleet of satellites around the moon to map the ancient universe. Blue Skies has partnered with another space ...

Iconographic and other evidence suggests that, like ancient Crete, they appear to have had a 'man-bull' cult (potentially similar to the Cretan cult symbolized by the famous myth of the Minotaur).

In France, Breton is heard in Brittany. Amazing Maps outlined data from 2011 and 2007 in 2023. But more modern data suggests some positive change for the UK’s non-English languages. Breakdown of ...

As the primary antibiotic used to treat gonorrhoea - an ancient STI referenced in the Bible ... using our interactive map. Typical symptoms of gonorrhoea, formerly known as “the clap”, include ...