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 ...

Santorini used to be more rounded in shape, but back in 1600 BC there was a massive volcanic eruption which destroyed much of the land mass. Known as the Minoan eruption, it was one of the biggest ...

aligning with the latest theories that reject the notion that the Minoan civilization was destroyed by the eruption of the Santorini volcano. Nevertheless, signs of the urgent situation that ...

It sits just two hours by ferry across the Aegean Sea from the ominous round-the-clock tremors on the island of Santorini, ...

Greece, one of the world’s oldest civilizations, traces its history back to at least 7000 BCE, when Neolithic settlements ...

Sarah Souli This fascinating archaeological site was first discovered in the late 1860s but its buildings date back to earlier than 17th century B.C. This former Minoan outpost, which, according ...

The Santorini eruption of 1600 BC—one of the largest in human history—was powerful enough to obliterate settlements, reshape the island, and send tsunamis crashing into Crete. Some scholars believe it ...

Santorini is known worldwide for its stunning caldera, formed by a massive eruption around 1600 BC. This event changed the island’s shape but also contributed to the gradual decline of Crete’s Minoan ...

The eruption caused massive tsunamis that devastated nearby coastal regions. This event is believed to have inspired several Greek myths, including the legend of Atlantis. The destruction of the ...

which was almost completely destroyed in a later eruption that occurred in the year 1650 BC. Blowing apart the island that at that time was called Thira by its Minoan inhabitants, all that was left ...

A swarm of more than 100 shallow earthquakes at Alaska's Mount Spurr that began Sunday night and ran to Monday morning suggest the volcano could be moving closer to an eruption. "It's about a 50/ ...

MANILA, Philippines — A minor phreatic eruption was recorded at Taal Volcano on Sunday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported on Monday. In a bulletin ...