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Plato's story of Atlantis is famously set a very long time ago in the past. The figure "9000 years before Solon" is thrown around a lot in discussions of when Atlantis supposedly existed. However, did Plato really set his...

For hundreds of years historians and archaeologists have been trying to find answers as to how the great Minoan civilization of Crete came to an end, but no definitive answer has ever been found. A Bronze Age culture centered on...

Researchers have been speculating about the location or nature of Atlantis since Plato first wrote about it. A huge variety of theories have arisen, especially in modern times. Popular theories include identifying Atlantis with the Azores, Antarctica, or South...

Akrotiri, the 3,600-year-old city on the island of Santorini buried by ash from a gigantic volcanic eruption in 1650 BC, frozen in its Bronze Age glory, serves as an exquisite time capsule for contemporary archaeologists who learn more every...

The search for Atlantis, the mighty civilization that disappeared into the sea, has preoccupied researchers for centuries. Some place it in the Aegean Sea, others in the Tyrrhenian Sea, and still others in the Atlantic Ocean. According to details...

The ancient Minoan language known as "Linear A," long untranslated, may finally be deciphered with the help of the internet.

The beloved souvlaki has been around since ancient times. Skewers dating back to the Bronze Age have been found by archaeologists, and recent research looks at the functioning of early grills. In particular, "souvlaki trays" have been discovered dating...

The Spring Fresco found at the Late Bronze Age site of Akrotiri in Santorini is considered to be the first painting of a nature scene in European art history

The Kore of Thera, an exquisite female statue discovered twenty-two years ago on Santorini but kept in storage since then due to lack of space, will at last be displayed at the renovated local museum, the Greek Culture Ministry...

A total of thirty scientists from all around the world are heading to Santorini aboard a ship that will probe the depths of the sea and take core samples of the sea bed in an effort to understand more...