MSC Cruises may be headquartered in Switzerland, but the ambience onboard its 23 ships is very much Italian owing to its owners, the Aponte family. Ships feature a two-storey Mediterranean-style ...

The can't-miss highlights of a seven-night Viking Vesta sailing through Greece and Türkiye, according to Condé Nast Traveler ...

One of the most memorable images by Greek historian Herodotus depicts Persian King Xerxes ordering the sea to be punished ...

The origin of the sea anchor as we know it today is unknown, nevertheless its invention most likely have taken place in ...

In July 2025, the Viking Vesta joined the company’s fleet of elegant, award-winning small ocean ships. Here's what my ...

I sailed on the new Viking Vesta from Athens to Istanbul. The enriching experience was full of history and incredible views.

The ancient Antikythera Mechanism acts like an astronomical calculator, but its full purpose remains a mystery.

An ancient Greek machine built 2,000 years ago shouldn’t exist, yet scientists are still uncovering how this mysterious ...

In different passage, Aulus tells us about some bookstalls he came across when he arrived by ship at the port of Brundisium ...

Archaeologists recently discovered the remnants of an ancient Egyptian “pleasure boat” near the ruins of Cleopatra VII’s lost ...

Archaeologists recently discovered an ancient Egyptian luxury barge near Cleopatra's lost palace in Alexandria. The 115-foot ...

Beneath the shifting waters of Alexandria’s eastern harbour, on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, lie the drowned remnants of a ...