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Crete
Divers Digitally Map World’s Oldest Sunken City Predating the Bronze Age—Here’s Why It Sank
Disclaimer: This article was published in 2023. Some information may no longer be current. The sunken city of Pavlopetri is the stuff of myths. Just a dozen feet beneath the ...
April 16, 2023
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Michael Wing
A Mythical Villa
Perched on a dramatic hillside overlooking Spinalonga Island and Elounda Bay near Agios Nikolaos, Villa Phaedra is a ...
October 13, 2022
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Phil Butler
Crete Island’s Stunning Daedalus Villa Lists for $14.3 Million
In the mythology of ancient Crete, Daedalus was the famously skilled architect, artist, and inventor who designed the ...
January 28, 2022
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Phil Butler
Fact, Fiction, and Fantasy: Exploring the Palace of Knossos
It didn’t look like any other ruins—not at all. In fact, in some ways, as I walked through ...
January 26, 2022
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Tim Johnson
Mediterranean Masterpiece: A Villa for Ocean Lovers on Crete
For the dreamer out there in search of ancient myths, pirate fortresses, dreamy seascapes, and kind of a ...
November 19, 2021
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Phil Butler
Strong Quake Hits Greek Island of Crete; 1 Dead, 20 Injured
ATHENS, Greece—A strong, prolonged earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of at least 5.8 struck the Greek island of ...
September 27, 2021
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The Associated Press
Search Continues Off Greek Island for Missing Migrants
ATHENS, Greece—Greek authorities say a search and rescue operation is continuing off the coast of the southern island ...
July 23, 2021
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The Associated Press
Magnitude 5.3 Earthquake Rattles Greek Island of Crete
ATHENS, Greece—An earthquake with preliminary magnitude 5.3 struck off the southern island of Crete on Friday, Greek authorities ...
September 18, 2020
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The Associated Press
Magnitude 6.5 Earthquake Strikes South of Crete, Strong Aftershocks Reported
A strong earthquake struck south of the Greek island of Crete on May 2, the European Mediterranean Seismological ...
May 2, 2020
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Web Staff
Turkey Signs Maritime Boundaries Deal With Libya, Bypassing Greece
News Analysis On Nov. 27, Turkey announced that it signed with Libya two memoranda of understanding: on marine ...
December 2, 2019
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Ella Kietlinska
The Power of Tradition: A Case From Eternal Crete
The Cretans share ethics, ideals, morals, and standards so concrete and unbreakable that they seem foreign to the ...
September 30, 2019
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Phil Butler
A Trio of Fine Cretan Wines for the Devout Oenophile
Greece’s biggest island, Crete, has a tradition of viticulture that reaches back as far as the early Minoan ...
April 3, 2019
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Phil Butler
The Case of Crete: Evidence of Paradise
The island of Crete is a mountain rising to amazing hills and peaks, straight up out of the ...
October 22, 2018
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Phil Butler
Best Places to Stay in Crete
Crete is a wonderful holiday destination with many great places to stay.
October 31, 2014
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Budget Travel Guide
What about a Winter in Crete?
Some travelers head for the ski slopes in winter, some fly like "snow birds" deep, deep down south ...
October 22, 2014
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Phil Butler
Two Girls, 10 Days, and Some Crete Celebrity
Last month two colleagues of ours ventured to Crete for an end of summer holiday. What was intended ...
September 29, 2014
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Phil Butler
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