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 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.

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

The international research team is in Santorini participating in the oceanographic mission MSM132, which aims to explore the ...

Professor of Geology and Natural Disaster Management, Efthymios Lekkas, spoke about the ongoing seismic activity ...

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 ...

Many have suggested that a major volcanic eruption in the Mediterranean Sea spewed enough material into the atmosphere causing a number of days of darkness (perhaps Santorini, then called Thera).

The city was later destroyed by a massive volcanic eruption, the same one that created ... be sure to visit the Museum of Prehistoric Thera in Fira. Ancient Akrotiri is located on the southern ...

Santorini’s stunning landscape faces uncertainty as seismic activity raises concerns for the island’s safety and its future Credit : Shutterstock, Paradise at risk Aegean paradise deserted as ...

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.