From what was supposed to be a routine sponge diving trip near the Greek island of Antikythera emerged an unprecedented discovery in the field of archaeology. In 1900, a group of sponge divers, who, ...

Greek immigrants have been sponge diving here for more than a century, but Taso Karistinos doesn't come from that tradition. He made his own way to America. He had never even heard of Tarpon Springs.

HERAKLION, GREECE - The best pure athlete in Greece at the moment might be standing on a tiny dock in a small harbor on the island of Crete. Wearing a Yankees baseball cap, a week-old stubble of beard ...

Tarpon Springs Mayor Beverley Billiris, left, dons a traditional canvas sponge diving suit, complete with steel shoes and a special helmet before her dive in the Anclote River. The mayor performed the ...

Rancho Palos Verdes resident Torrance Parker donned a copper and brass helmet and a canvas diving suit on Wednesday, plunging into the ocean to give visitors at the Los Angeles Maritime Museum a ...