The volcanic ash covered the sky of the Aegean, enveloping Crete in great darkness for entire days due to fumes and poisonous vapors. The volcanic ash from the Santorini volcano covered the Minoan ...

The Santorini volcano eruption at about 1600 B.C. devastated the island, buried a town, and caused massive earthquakes and flooding that impacted the island of Crete and as far as Egypt.

Tripadvisor just named Greek beach Elafonissi the best in the world. But earthquakes at nearby Santorini caldera are a cause for concern.

Exactly one hundred years ago, Greek and French archaeologists uncovered the remains of a "prehistoric Pompeii" deep under the ashen surface of the Greek island of Thera in the Cyclades.