The eruption changed the circular shape of Santorini, known then as Strogili, into its present-day crescent form. The island was divided into three parts: Thera (Santorini), Thirasia, and Aspronisi.

But the museum’s true centrepiece is the "Daughter of Thera" - a 2.48-metre marble statue from the Archaic period, unearthed in 2000 at Ancient Thera’s necropolis, Sellada.

Museum of Prehistoric Thera is ranked #9 out of 13 things to do in Santorini. See pictures and our review of Museum of Prehistoric Thera.

Many visitors to Santorini are honeymooners, and as such, you’ll find plenty of luxury hotels designed with couples in mind. Most of these are located in and around the charming towns of Fira ...

It is very unlikely that we'd seen around Minoan-scale eruption, although Santorini/Thera has seen a number of caldera-forming eruptions (at 180,000, 21,000 and 3,600 years before present).

Manning’s paper, “ Second Intermediate Period Date for the Thera (Santorini) Eruption and Historical Implications,” published Sept. 20 in PLOS ONE.

After years of closure, the fully renovated Archaeological Museum of Thera in the heart of Santorini has reopened its doors - reviving a significant modernist building and enriching the island’s ...