As residents flee the Greek Island of Santorini after a spate of tremors earlier this month, we look back at a catastrophic ...
The eruption of Santorini has long been linked to the fall of the Minoans. Does the evidence really support this conclusion, ...
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.
Some 3,800 years ago a massive 9.5-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami with waves as high as 20 metres (66 feet) slammed the coastline of Chile’s Atacama Desert, the world’s driest ...