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

In the Minoan palace of Knossos in Crete, a throne room built during the 15th century BC is considered the oldest such room ...

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

As residents flee the Greek Island of Santorini after a spate of tremors earlier this month, we look back at a catastrophic tsunami that one ended a civilization ...

Santorini was the site of a catastrophic volcanic eruption around 1600 B.C. that reshaped the island and destroyed much of the ancient Minoan civilization. The volcanic caldera is dormant but still ...

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 ...

Crete is among the ideal destinations to visit before the start of the summer season, according to Conde Nast Traveller. The popular travel magazine ranks ...

This eruption was one of the most powerful in recorded history, shaping the island’s present-day caldera and possibly contributing to the decline of the Minoan civilization on Crete. The Foreign ...

Picturesque Santorini was famously formed around a sunken caldera, the remains of a massive volcanic eruption in 1600 BC which devastated the ancient Minoan civilization.