For hundreds of years experts have been trying to find answers as to how the great Minoan civilization of Crete came to an ...

The Cyclades are a treasure trove of archaeological sites, offering a glimpse into the rich history of the Aegean.

Sixteen or so centuries earlier, possibly in 1560 BC, the Minoan Eruption, one of the most powerful seismological events in human history, disembowelled the Greek island of Thera. It ripped it ...

The city was later destroyed by a massive volcanic eruption, the same one that created ... be sure to visit the Museum of Prehistoric Thera in Fira. Ancient Akrotiri is located on the southern ...

the eruption of the Thera volcano caused less disruption over time than might have been expected.” The Minoans appear to have calmly dealt with the event, as they had experienced previous disasters.

Santorini, known in antiquity as Thera, is a testament to nature’s power and humanity’s resilience. Around 1600 BCE, a ...

Excavations on the southwestern tip of Santorini island (also known as Thera) have been ongoing ... there was a catastrophic volcanic eruption on the island, covering the city in ash and pumice ...

Kilauea began continuously releasing lava from its summit caldera inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Wednesday morning ...

The Alaska Volcano Observatory says that if the snowcapped volcano erupts, the impacts could include damage to aircraft from ash.