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

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 ...

Even if there were a strong earthquake, scientists say this would not trigger an eruption. Although it cannot be ruled out, the risk of Santorini ... of the mighty Minoan civilisation.

Sixteen or so centuries earlier, possibly in 1560 BC, the Minoan Eruption ... and a steep-cliffed Aegean fragment now known as Santorini. The eruption also took what had been a fishing port ...

The city was later destroyed by a massive volcanic eruption, the same one that created Santorini’s contemporary geography. In fact, it’s sometimes referred to as Santorini’s Pompeii.

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 ...

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 ...