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This stone tower was built to protect Crete from incoming pirates.

This old museum contains dozens of detailed miniature ships and buildings.

Legends hold that these unusual rock formations were once a bridal party, or perhaps a group of hunters.

Τhis feline monument commemorates fallen soldiers on a field that saw many, many battles.

This church combines Christian, Byzantine, and ancient Greek architectural elements.

An intricate network of underground tombs carved into volcanic rock.

The only ancient site that remains on the south bank of the sacred Ilissos river.

Scores of wax baby figurines add an unusual mood to this beautiful church on the Greek coast.

A staircase made of gravestones leads up to this church built into a giant rock.

Only open for two days a year, this church links ancient Greek and modern Christian celebrations.

This quaint farm in the Peloponnese countryside hides an astonishing cache of antique curiosities.

This 11th-century Greek monastery has renowned mosaics and relics of a brutal past.

The historic building has preserved human organs, unusual hexagrams, and scars from a political assassination.

The nuns here cultivate silk to weave some of the finest scarves in the world.

These ruins of a sacred Ancient Greek temple stand next to a luxurious modern resort.

This beehive tomb built for royalty sat hidden for over 3,000 years.

Step inside an ancient beehive tomb built for a mysterious cult hero.

The secular incarnation of a religious meditation.

These caves secretly held national treasures during World War II.

This seaside sanctuary was once one of the most important religious sites for women in ancient Greece.

Learn about the sweet, storied legacy of beekeeping in ancient Greece.

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.

A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.