If there is one dish that encapsulates the very soul, rugged landscape, and ancient wisdom of Crete, it is dakos. It was not born in the kitchens of palaces or on tables of excess. Rather, it is the offspring...
The British Museum will lend two fragments of the Parthenon sculptures to an exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany, while Greece has rejected a request to lend nine Parthenon fragments from the Acropolis Museum for the same exhibition.
British Museum to Lend...
Women writers in Renaissance Italy faced strict limits on what they could study, publish, and discuss in public. Yet poets Gaspara Stampa and Isabella Andreini found ways to challenge those rules. A study led by Nicla Riverso shows how...
Grape harvesting in late August and September is one of the oldest and most beloved traditions in the countryside of Greece. Family, neighbors, and friends all get together to harvest the precious bunches of green and purple pearls which...
For decades, Christina Onassis has been remembered mainly as the troubled heiress who inherited one of the greatest fortunes of the 20th century. Her marriages, personal struggles and tragic death at 37 have often overshadowed another important part of...
On Santorini, one of Greece's most famous foods has a history that reaches back more than 3,500 years—to a time when the island was home to a Bronze Age civilization and a volcano was about to transform it forever.
The...
The Hellenistic period significantly departed from the Classical ideals of beauty and perfection that had previously dominated Greek art. Instead of focusing on the idealized forms of gods, athletes, and heroes, Hellenistic artists found inspiration in the most marginal...
September 1 is National Gyro Day, and the history of gyro, Greece's most popular fast food delicacy today, is lost in time.
Recently it was named among four Greek delicacies that have made it to the top 100 foods of...
On Monday, Lionel Messi retired from international football, closing a 21-year career with Argentina's national team that included a World Cup title and two Copa America crowns.
The 39-year-old forward shared the decision on Instagram in a post built around...
Spatharaioi, a village on Greece's island of Samos, is known for its residents’ remarkable longevity, with historical records from the 19th century reporting some living as long as 145 years.
Perched atop Bournias Mount at 582 meters (about 1,910 ft),...
An Indian ascetic (sadhu) named Amar Bharati has been advocating for world peace for almost fifty years while holding up his right hand in the air without ever lowering it.
A sadhu is a religious ascetic or holy person in...
