Fortnight ago there were approximately 500 islands in the Greek archipelago. Last week there was one less. For one horrible week a series of earthquakes…
Greece, the southernmost of the countries of the Balkan Peninsula. It lies at the juncture of Europe, Asia, and Africa and is heir to the heritages of Classical Greece, the Byzantine Empire, and nearly four centuries of Ottoman Turkish rule. One-fifth of Greece’s area is made up of the Greek islands.
Its name is derived from the Spartan king Archidamus II, who, despite not being a war enthusiast, led Peloponnesian invasions into Attica until his death in 427 BC.
This week, unopened 18th-century love letters, an unsung female archaeologist, Indigenous artists on the meaning of home, cookie-cutter holiday rom-coms, and more.