On a summer day in 1908, Italian archaeologist Luigi Pernier unearthed what would become one of history’s most tantalizing puzzles. While excavating the ancient Minoan palace of Phaistos in Crete, ...

The Cretan Federation of Australia and New Zealand (CFANZ) has announced Sydney as the hosting city for its 44th Annual ...

This chia pudding is associated with Crete and never fails to bring back moments when I was sitting on a terrace enjoying breakfast in glorious sunshine. Cretan cuisine, shaped by the island's ...

There is this cozy synagogue in Chania, snugged between narrow nostalgic Cretan streets, built by a community that ceased to exist 75 years ago, a Jewish monument that almost fell victim to complete ...

The island of Crete, credited by some historical scholars as a central crucible of western civilization, has been under continuous archeological investigation since the second half of the nineteenth ...

With the flame burning at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, you might want to light your own in the kitchen. In my experience, guests tend to become antsy and hungry during torch-related activities and ...

Cretan’s Grill may take the honor for Cincinnati’s least open restaurant. After finding them closed five times on Saturdays, Sundays, and at dinner time, I figured the place was a myth. Turns out they ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The story of Europe’s 19th-century phylloxera crisis (American root-feeding insect devastates European vines) ...