One of the largest volcanic eruptions in the last 10,000 years took place at the Greek island of Thera (Santorini) in the ...

Santorini authorities are opposed to a proposed beach club by Royal Caribbean, which would be exclusively for its cruise ...

In the beginning, there were only myths. For the Greeks, the island of Crete was a distant and strange land and yet the site of some their most important traditions: Zeus was taken there to save him ...

Nearly 4000 years ago, and 1500 years before Pompeii was buried by volcanic ash, the Bronze Age city of Akrotiri was ...

Separating Kamari from Perissa on top of Mesa Vouna is Ancient Thera. This archaeological site, which was first claimed by the Dorians (ancient Greeks) in the 9th century B.C., is home to ruins from ...

New radiocarbon analysis of Egyptian artifacts shifts the timing of the Santorini eruption to around 1600 BCE, before Egypt’s ...

One of the biggest volcanic eruptions in the last 10,000 years shook the Greek island of Thera—today known as Santorini. The ...

Recent excavations at the famous prehistoric village of Akrotiri on Santorini Island have unearthed “amazing treasures” including a 3,600-year-old marble figurine of a woman. The finds add to the ...

In his story of Atlantis, written at around 360 BC, Plato mentioned a grand island or continent across the Atlantic, one larger than Libya and Asia combined. This continent was so enormous, he said, ...

The island of Nisyros emerges from the crystal blue waters of the Aegean, its rugged coastline dotted with dark green olive trees and whitewashed houses that cling precariously to the hillside.

With the international break now well and truly underway, the games are coming thick and fast, all across the world. There is plenty for us to get our teeth stuck into – particularly qualifiers for ...

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg landed in Greece on Monday alongside scores of fellow campaigners expelled from Israel after trying to ship aid to Gaza, AFP journalists saw. The 22-year-old climate ...