Cycladic art originates between 2600 and 1100 B.C. Those that inhabited the Cycladic Islands during this time period left very little trace of their existence apart from their stone tombs.

It then island-hopped between the rest of the Cycladic Islands, annexing each into the Persian empire.

Ferries connect the island's commercial passenger port with several nearby islands within the Dodecanese Islands, as well as with the Cycladic Islands, the Greek mainland, and Bodrum in Turkey.

Darius thus put together an amphibious task force under Datis and Artaphernes in 490 BC, which attacked Naxos, before receiving the submission of the other Cycladic Islands.

Melos alone among all the Cycladic Islands located in the southwest Aegean Sea had resisted joining the Delian League.

"Ancient Art of the Cyclades," marble objects from the Cycladic Islands.

The Aegean cat, as its name suggests, originates from the Cycladic Islands in the Aegean Sea, where they occur as a natural landrace.

Archeological evidence suggests the culture on the island had elements in common with the cultures of northwestern Anatolia and the Cycladic Islands.

And in the Cycladic Islands it remains, along with the sea, a primal and overpowering element of daily life.

From 2006-2008 he directed new excavations on the Cycladic Island of Keros and is currently co-director of the Keros Island Survey.