The eruption of Santorini has long been linked to the fall of the Minoans. Does the evidence really support this conclusion, ...

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

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The last eruption in the area occurred in 1950. The Minoan eruption, one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history in around 1600BC, formed the island in its current shape. Santorini sits in ...

1600 BC echoes': Could Santorini’s earthquakes signal another Minoan-like disaster? 'NASA’s billion-dollar find': Perseverance's Silver Mountain may rewrite Mars’ ancient history '10,000 ...

The 325-foot Christina O, for example, was the first shock-and-awe superyacht when presented in 1954; its stature, beyond its size, was owed in part to a pool tiled with a mosaic of a Minoan bull ...

ATHENS, Greece -- Multiple earthquakes are rattling Santorini, a volcanic island in Greece, prompting authorities to dispatch rescuers with tents, a sniffer dog and drones, and to shut schools on four ...

He writes about history, culture and other topics for Air ... Alps A new analysis of shipwrecked metals inscribed with Cypro-Minoan markings suggests the objects originated in Sardinia, some ...

Santorini is also the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in human history – although this ... Known as the Minoan eruption, it destroyed much of the formerly round island and is ...

It was also the site of one of largest volcanic eruptions in human history, which took place in ... contributed to the decline of the ancient Minoan civilization which had flourished in the ...