Santorini, Greece Santorini is a name that conjures images of spellbinding sunsets and iconic white-washed buildings set against volcanic cliffs. This landscape was created by a cataclysmic volcanic ...

Dreaming of sun-soaked days, mouth-watering feasts and breathtaking landscapes? A cruise to these Mediterranean ports will ...

Studies of sediment cores from the sea floor and the coastal regions surrounding the Aegean Sea show that humans contaminated the environment with lead early on in antiquity. Geoscientists conducted ...

Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution.

Lead released from smelting in ancient Greece is the world’s first toxic pollution, experts say. View on euronews ...

Rivers began pumping weathered material into the sea about a billion years after Earth formed, suggesting continents may have gotten an early start.

The oldest signs of lead pollution are found in the Aegean Sea region of Greece, dating back to ancient times, a new study ...

Ancient lead pollution in the Aegean Sea may have started 5,200 years ago — 1,200 years earlier than previously thought.

Nostalgia has become a defining trait for Millennials and Gen Z-ers. However, this concept has roots beyond the present to ancient Greece.

Kalamata is certainly more than just the land of its world-coveted olives. Nestled between the dramatic Taygetos Mountains and the glinting blue waters of the Ionian Sea, this Mediterranean coastal ...