Petros Arapakis wagered that Greeks were the best sailors in the world. That bet cost him his life but made him both a local and international legend.
Born and raised in a castle in the Mani region in the 19th...
As smoke curled over the hills of the Peloponnese, many villagers were aware that the danger was not coming from powerful, invading armies but from one particular man, Limberakis Gerakaris, a Greek pirate—not your typical man of the 17th...
Cape Tainaro (also known as Cape Matapan) is the southernmost point of mainland Greece and the Balkan Peninsula, located at the tip of the Mani Peninsula. It's a place of rugged beauty, characterized by dramatic cliffs, a wild landscape,...
A partial skull found in a cave in Southern Greece is the earliest evidence of the presence of Homo sapiens outside of Africa, scientists say.
In 1978, archaeologists excavating Apidima Cave on the Mani Peninsula of Greece discovered two significant...
The village of Montresta in the province of Oristano, about 87 miles (140 km) northwest of Cagliari on Sardinia, was founded by Greeks from the Mani peninsula on the Peloponnese in 1750.
As Ioannis Korinthios, a lecturer in Modern Greek...
The war between Greece's Maniots and the army of Bavarians under King Otto is one of the lesser-known episodes of the first years of the modern Greek State.
It was May 1832 when Nafplio, the capital of the newly established...
A groundbreaking genetic study has revealed that the DNA of the inhabitants of Mesa Mani (Inner Mani) constitutes a unique "genetic island" in Europe. Due to geographic isolation spanning over ten centuries, the population remains one of the most...
