The Theran Exodus: The Great Minoan Migration Before the Thera Eruption

Interview with Petros Koutoupis

The Minoan eruption of Thera, also referred to as the Thera eruption, was a catastrophic event that forever changed the ancient world. One of the largest volcanic events on Earth in recorded history in fact, it devastated the island of Thera (now called Santorini), including the Minoan settlement at Akrotiri... But what happened before this disastrous p…