One of the largest volcanic eruptions in the last 10,000 years took place at the Greek island of Thera (Santorini) in the ...

New radiocarbon analysis of Egyptian artifacts shifts the timing of the Santorini eruption to around 1600 BCE, before Egypt’s ...

Nearly 4000 years ago, and 1500 years before Pompeii was buried by volcanic ash, the Bronze Age city of Akrotiri was ...

The carbon-14 analysis produced striking results that challenge conventional wisdom about Bronze Age chronology. When comparing uncalibrated radiocarbon dates from the Egyptian artifacts with robust ...

A study published in the journal PLOS ONE has precisely dated one of antiquity’s most dramatic events—the gigantic eruption ...

In late January, something began to stir beneath the idyllic Greek islands of Santorini, Amorgos, and Anafi. These Aegean ...

Seismic and land deformation data show that Santorini and Kolumbo draw from the same magma source, complicating eruption forecasts.

That scarcity makes Santorini wines rare and expensive. Tasting them at wineries around the island remains the best way to ...

Perched on top of Santorini's sheer cliffs is a world-famous tourist industry worth millions. Underneath is the fizzing risk of an almighty explosion. A huge ancient eruption created the dreamy Greek ...

A continuous tremor has been recorded around the Greek island of Santorini in the southern Aegean Sea, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported. "There is a more or less ...