Geochemical ice-core constraints on the timing and climatic impact of Aniakchak II (1628 BCE) and Thera (Minoan) volcanic eruptions. PNAS Nexus , 2022; DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac048 Cite This Page : ...

A new study of a volcanic eruption in 1628 B.C.E. has shown that it wasn't Thera volcano, but instead Aniakchak volcano in Alaska.

More than 3,400 years ago, a catastrophic eruption of the volcano Thera took place on the Greek island of Santorini. It was one of the largest volcanic events in Earth's recorded history.

The skeletal remains of a victim killed by a tsunami generated by the eruption of the Thera volcano 3,600 years ago were unearthed at an archaeological dig site in western Turkey.

Inside the crater of the Thera volcano at the island of Santorini The second largest volcanic eruption in human history was much larger than previously thought, scientists say. The Bronze Age eruption ...

The volcanic island of Thera (modern Santorini) in the Aegean Sea depicted during a 19th-century eruption. Archaeologists working more than 100 miles away have found evidence for the Bronze Age ...

The volcanic ash from the Santorini volcano covered the Minoan city at Akrotiri of Thera, helping to preserve its structures and artifacts.The excavation work to recover the ruins of Akrotiri was ...

Researchers home in on Thera volcano eruption date Tree-ring, ice core and volcano experts teamed up to identify one of the most climatically impactful volcanic eruptions in 4,000 years ...

Thera's massive eruption, known to have occurred sometime before 1500 B.C., buried the Minoan town of Akrotiri in more than 130 feet of debris. But the exact date of the eruption and its impact on ...