The Minoan Eruption: Bronze Age Cataclysm (opens in new tab)

Listen to The Minoan Eruption: Bronze Age Cataclysm from The Ancients. More than 3,500 years ago, a massive volcanic eruption devastated Thera - modern day Santorini - engulfing the Bronze Age world in ash and fire. Entire landscapes were buried, ash darkened the skies, and the shockwaves rippled across the eastern Mediterranean.In this episode of The Ancients, the first in our new special series on Great Disasters, Tristan Hughes is joined by Dr Steve Kershaw to uncover what really happened....