Greece has about 6000 islands, 230 of which are inhabited. Here is a map explaining all of the Greek island groups.

Go behind the scenes with our knowledgeable science educators for a look at the Museum's fascinating zoology collection preserved in spirit. Join us for an hour-long tour of our most iconic specimens, ...

Courtesy of the Archaeological Museum of Zagreb, photograph by Igor Krajcar In 1868 the Museum of Zagreb in Croatia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, acquired an Egyptian mummy of a woman.

The archaeological sites that have been preserved on the island are virtually intact, and provide a chronological record of how the rituals performed there changed from the 4th to the 9th centuries AD ...

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as well as the Archaeological Museums in Trikala, Argostoli, Sparta, Komotini, Naxos, Chora in Messinia, Papapetrou’s Warehouses in Agrinio, and the Museum of the Little Zone Hatchet in Evros.

A pair of large moths, which are the size of a human hand, were recently observed mating just hours after hatching at the Museum of Natural History and Environmental Culture in Mexico City.

The Vineyards at Cagnes, 1908. Oil on canvas, 18 1/4 x 21 3/4 in. (46.4 x 55.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Colonel and Mrs. Edgar W. Garbisch, 51.219. (Brooklyn Museum) Mark your calendars! The ...

The Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida, located in Extremadura, Spain, has its origins in the year 25 BC, when Augustus completed the conquest of the North of Hispania and founded the Colony of Augusta ...

8 hours with a Ph.D. or MA-level guide Skip-the-line entry into the Pompeii Archaeological Site Skip-the-line entry into the Herculaneum Archaeological Site Our day begins in Pompeii, where we will ...

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Despite its otherworldly beauty, Milos, Greece––located more than 94 miles (152 kilometers) northwest of Santorini––was dismissed by travelers as an ideal island vacation destination.