Scientists have detected several thousand earthquakes, the vast majority of them with small magnitudes, in just over two ...

The Greek island of Santorini was struck by the latest in a string of earthquakes Tuesday, this time a 4.8 temblor. The ...

A trove of "ancient treasures" was recently found in a third-century shipwreck near Greece. Not only did this trove include ...

At a time when knowledge of the world was fragmented and based on travelers’ and merchants’ accounts, one man set out to ...

Tomatoes are on sale at a local Athenian market (Laiki). This ingredient was brought to Greece after the discovery of the New World. Credit: Thanos Matanis When people think of Greek cuisine, they ...

Concern is growing over a series of repeated tremors that have been taking place near the volcanic Greek island of Santorini.

Researchers looking into the ‘Greek Titanic’ have found rare items on the ocean floor near the ship’s wreckage. The Heimara sank on January 19, 1947, after hitting an islet in the South ...

Thousands of tremors, sometimes every few minutes, have shaken Santorini, Greece. More than 13,000 of its 15,500 inhabitants have left. By Niki Kitsantonis Reporting from Athens February is a slow ...

Although Greece lies in a highly seismically active part of the world and earthquakes are frequent, it is very rare for any part of the country to experience such an intense barrage of earthquakes ...

Milwaukee Art Museum, Layton Art Collection. Public Domain Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey were the two epics that brought the ideas of Greek civilization to the world and served as the foundation of ...