Greece's identity is inextricably linked to the sea, a relationship forged through thalassocracy and a modern global shipping ...

On Ikaria, the Greek island where people "forget to die," as one centenarian told longevity expert Dan Buettner, is one of a handful of Blue Zones around the globe where people live an inordinately ...

Carnival time brought no carnival to Athens last week. The people did not, in the fashion of happier years, cavort through the streets behind the gaitanaki (mock donkey formed by two clowns). The ...

From beans to greens, there are many foods that make up the traditional diets of people in the Blue Zones, a handful of areas in the world where people tend to live longer. My family is from the Greek ...