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

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 ...

Though Vesuvius is more commonly associated with Pompeii, this was a separate eruption that took place roughly 2,000 years ...

Archaeologists discovered Bronze Age footprints near Pompeii, showing people and animals fleeing a Vesuvius eruption some 4,000 years ago.

Footprints of Bronze Age people fleeing an eruption of Vesuvius. Credit: Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio di Salerno e Avellino During improvement works on the Diramazione Nocera-Cava ...

Skeletal remains and skull fragments of two Bronze Age women were found at a construction site in the U.K. Their remains were found in Kent at a building site slated for 41 homes along with animal ...

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 ...

Archaeologists and climate scientists can now show that these ritual sacrifices coincided with a large volcanic eruption that made ... known from the Nordic Bronze Age with objects like the ...