The volcanic ash from the Santorini volcano covered the Minoan city at Akrotiri of Thera, helping to preserve its structures ...

Winds spread ash and aerosols from the Thera eruption, causing atmospheric changes that contributed to the Minoan ...

British archaeologist Arthur Evans discovered extensive ruins on Crete in ... the island of Thera (modern-day Santorini) is one of the best preserved of these Minoan settlements.

In summer, Santorini’s famous sunset spot near the ruins of its Venetian castle would ... Prehistoric Thera where finds from Akrotiri, the Minoan site known as “the Greek Pompeii”, are ...

Santorini is also the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in human history. Known as the Minoan eruption, it occurred around 1600 B.C. and destroyed much of the formerly round island.

Santorini is also the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in human history. Known as the Minoan eruption, it occurred around 1,600 B.C. and destroyed much of the formerly round island.

Santorini is also the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in human history. Known as the Minoan eruption, it occurred around 1,600 B.C. and destroyed much of the formerly round island.