Sediment cores from the Aegean Sea reveal that human-driven lead contamination began 5,200 years ago—much earlier than expected. This pollution is tied to shifts in economy and land use, culminating ...

In 1950 the Santorini volcano experienced its last eruption, closing a cycle of volcanic activity that had begun in 1939.

Learn more about the earliest evidence of human-caused contamination from lead, found in the ancient Aegean.

Why did the Minoans have a prosperous economy? A fertile soil and abundant supplies helped to make the Minoans a prosperous civilization. These cities spread across the Aegean and beyond, using crete ...

This island archipelago north of Athens offers the best attributes of the Aegean without the crowds or commoditized Hellenism ...

In the eastern Aegean, Minoan pottery has been found in ... Despite the importance of Crete to ancient Greek civilization, archaeological study of its culture is relatively recent.

A recent study conducted by geoscientists from Heidelberg University has uncovered the earliest known evidence of ...