As residents of Crete prepared to celebrate their town’s 150th year in 1986, they began a concerted fundraising effort for a museum to house a century and a half’s worth of local history. “They sold ...

Once Crete’s capital, Chania offers a potted history of the Mediterranean, centred around its magnificent Venetian port.

Matthew Sears is an associate professor of classics and ancient history at the University of New Brunswick. Crete, Greece’s southernmost region and largest island, should be on everyone’s bucket list.

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For half an hour or so, as we headed up the steepest part of Crete’s Rouvas Gorge, the canyon’s walls closed in ...

Crete, Greece’s largest island, is known for its historical sites, stunning scenery and local culture. Its incredible history has been shaped by civilizations dating back to the Minoans, Venetians, ...

Crete 1941: Germany’s lightning airborne assault. New York: Osprey Publishing, 2012. Kavanaugh, Stephen. Hitler's Malta Option: A Comparison Of The Invasion Of Crete (Operation Merkur) And The ...