This eruption is associated with the decline of the Minoan civilization on the nearby island of Crete. Geologists also have significant interest in the region, due to the volatility of the ...

The city of Akrotiri on the island of Thera (modern-day Santorini) is one of the best preserved of these Minoan settlements. A volcanic eruption around the 16th century B.C. buried Akrotiri under ...

The archipelago was formed after the devastating Late Bronze Age Minoan eruption some 3,600 years ago, when the previous volcano erupted vast amounts of ash and pumice and eventually collapsed, ...

Has the Atlantis mystery finally been solved? A new book reveals that Plato based his story on a real setting, now beneath ...

This eruption brought down the mighty Minoan civilization by covering the isle of Crete with ash and wiping out humans, animals, and crops.

Professor Spyridon Mannatos published a now classic article in the British periodical Antiquity, entitled "The Volcanic Destruction of Minoan Crete." His thesis was that the eruption of Thera in ...

Historians have been able to date the eruption of Vesuvius with apparent certainty thanks to ancient writings that purported to share first-hand accounts. They came from Pliny the Younger ...

Charlotte Lytton and Matthew Abbott traveled to Tonga to report this story. All photographs were made in May 2023. Sept. 1 at 6:00 a.m. Warning: This graphic requires ...

Since the earliest era of archaeological discovery on Crete, vivid renderings of animals have been celebrated as defining elements of Minoan culture. Animals were crafted in a rich range of substances ...

Arriving by sea into the curving embrace of the high caldera, it’s impossible to miss how the Minoan eruption shattered the ancient island of Thera – likely devastating the civilisations of ...