Many have suggested that a major volcanic eruption in the Mediterranean Sea ... This was a darkness which couldn’t be penetrated by light sources. A candle wouldn’t pierce the darkness.

The eruption of Santorini has long been linked to the fall of the Minoans. Does the evidence really support this conclusion, ...

A skeleton of a man who was a victim of the Santorini volcano -- and his dog -- were found this week by archaeologists in ...

The eruption changed the circular shape of Santorini, known then as Strogili, into its present-day crescent form. The island was divided into three parts: Thera (Santorini), Thirasia, and Aspronisi.

In 1950 the Santorini volcano experienced its last eruption, closing a cycle of volcanic activity that had begun in 1939.

Archaeologists and climate scientists can now show that these ritual sacrifices coincided with a large volcanic eruption that made ... well-documented in written sources from ancient Greece ...

Similar to what happened in the aftermath of the Mt. Pinatubo eruption, lahar flows can cause deaths, injuries, and loss of homes and sources of livelihood. “Build back better” is a mantra central to ...

One of the last things you'd think could be lost is a volcano. Yet, when we look at the record of volcanic activity, even in the past few hundred years, there are signals that a large eruption ...

According to the analysis, the devastating eruption of the Laacher See volcano in what is now Rhineland-Palatinate occurred earlier than previously assumed and hence could not have triggered the ...

This tiny museum in the heart of Thera houses frescoes and other archaeological treasures found during the excavation of Ancient Akrotiri, which was destroyed by the volcanic eruption that ...