Swarms of dainty flying insects swarm into the Petaloudes Valley to get busy.

This secret coastal village is studded with pastel-colored houses all piled on top of one another.

Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.

This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.

An ambiguous ambience emanates from this centuries old leprosy quarantine.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.

The rocky remains of an ancient Greek forest.

An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

Hideout of thieves, monks, and goat-footed gods.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.

A grotto-like lodge decorated with gilded mosaics, rocks and a noisy waterfall was the setting for the most sumptuous pleasure house of 1900s Europe.