The island of Santorini, also known as Thera, is famous for being inhabited by the Minoans in the Bronze Age. It then erupted in a catastrophic...

Famously, the eruption of Thera (or Santorini) was one of the largest volcanic eruptions in human history. It had a devastating effect on the Minoans,...

Famously, the eruption of Thera (or Santorini) was one of the largest volcanic eruptions in human history. It had a devastating effect on the Minoans,...

A massive volcanic eruption on Greece’s Kos Island hundreds of thousands of years ago sent a huge wave of volcanic ash deep into the Aegean Sea,...

By Jayde N. Hirniak, Arizona State University (THE CONVERSATION) If you were lucky 74,000 years ago, you would have survived the Toba supereruption,...

By Jayde N. Hirniak, Arizona State University (THE CONVERSATION) If you were lucky 74,000 years ago, you would have survived the Toba supereruption,...

Castri islet and chapel of St. Nicholas, Kos, Greece. Credit: Ввласенко / / CC BY-SA 3.0 A massive volcanic eruption on Greece’s Kos Island...

Castri islet and chapel of St. Nicholas, Kos, Greece. Credit: Ввласенко / / CC BY-SA 3.0 A massive volcanic eruption on Greece’s Kos Island...

There are lots of things about the ancient Minoan civilization that scholars continue to debate. One of the mysteries surrounding this civilization is...

A massive eruption 74,000 years ago shook the planet, and archaeologists are using volcanic glass to figure out how humans made it through. ......