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Chania is a breathtaking city on the island Crete, and a perfect vacation spot -- Chania has with something to offer any ...

In Crete’s Ano Vouves village, the 4,000-year-old Olive Tree of Vouves still bears fruit, its twisted trunk a testament to ...

The olive tree of Vouves has survived fire, droughts and other climatic shifts while watching history unfold over millennia.

the essay on “Crete” in The New Bible ... and Syria-Palestine (ancient Canaan). Dr. Gordon reminds us now that the Greek world must be considered part of a cultural complex comprising the ...

With sparkling seas, pristine beaches, stylish accommodation and seriously fun activities, Greece’s holiday resorts are just right for a worry-free, all-inclusive trip – with or without the ...

Credit: Edgar Serrano, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY SA 2.0 Ancient Greek is the language that was spoken in the broader Greek world approximately from the 9th ... so many written sources about its form. A ...

Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty; courtesy Penguin Random House Jan Todd’s journey to being the strongest woman in the world began by chance. She was in a local Austin gym with her ...

Some 1,600 years ago, a mysterious woman was bound with four heavy metal rings around her neck and others around her arms and legs. Iron plates on her stomach completed what was effectively an ...

"The best islands in the world… are the kind of Instagram-perfect ... Located between mainland Greece and Crete, and its possession of obsidian, made it an important centre of early Aegean ...

But the European island best known for its beach holidays is also home to an array of ancient palaces. However, Crete’s plethora of historical sites and four UNESCO world heritage locations ...