The Aegean Sea is located between the coasts of Greece and Turkey and the islands of Crete and Rhodes. Its covers an area of 210 square kilometers; its maximum depth is 3,543 meters, found to the east of Crete. More than two thousand islands of varying...

The Aegean Sea (pronounced /iːˈdʒiːən/, Greek: Αιγαίο Πέλαγος, Aigaío Pélagos; Turkish: Ege Denizi, Adalar Denizi) is a sea arm of the Mediterranean Sea located between the southern Balkan and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the...

On a wing and a pedal Like the mythic figure Daedalus, pilot Kanellos Kanellopoulos escaped Crete on his own power, pedaling his fragile aircraft 74 miles across the Aegean Sea to the shores of the Greek island Santorini. But like Icarus, who...

As a potential major world conflict, the threat of war between Turkey and Greece late last week proved somewhat overrated; it evaporated as quickly as it appeared. But the incident seems to have proved a lucky break-now that it is all over-for embattled...

Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis on Wednesday became the first Greek premier to pay an official visit to Turkey in nearly 50 years, reflecting warmer ties between two countries that have come close to war several times.Karamanlis and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, spoke of...

Accident investigators questioned boatsmen on the island of Santorini on Monday to determine whether the crew of a cruise ship that sank in the Aegean Sea delayed evacuating more than 1,500 people on board.Members of Santorini's boatsmen association played a key part in the April...