The Dorians, a tribe from mainland Greece, conquer Crete, bringing new customs and ironworking. 67 BC: Rome conquers Crete ...

Australian, Greek and New Zealand memorials continue to honour the shared sacrifice of the 1941 Battles of Greece and Crete, ...

Disguised as dockers, two men darted across the no-go zone around the harbour and cut through the wire. They slipped on to the quayside, where enemy vessels bobbed in the dark. Their rucksacks were ...

Matthew Sears is an associate professor of classics and ancient history at the University of New Brunswick. Crete, Greece’s southernmost region and largest island, should be on everyone’s bucket list.

Spinalonga, once a leper colony in Crete, is now a stunning tourist hotspot blending haunting history with breathtaking views ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For half an hour or so, as we headed up the steepest part of Crete’s Rouvas Gorge, the canyon’s walls closed in ...

Crete is an Island roughly the size and shape of Long Island that lies approximately halfway between the Peloponnese and the coast of North Africa. Steep mountains, some rising two thousand meters, ...