Robyn Antanovskii is a journalist with a degree in ancient history. She keeps a number of blogs, including one on archaeology:worldarchaeologynews.blogspot.com and she is on Twitter: @robynant
During the height of the Greek Bronze Age, a volcano erupted on the ancient Greek island of Thera (modern Santorini). The violent eruption sent six times more magma and rock into the Earth's atmosphere than the notorious Krakatoa eruption in 1883.
Following the amazing discovery of the Egyptian king's near-intact tomb by archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922, Tutankhamun became a household name worldwide. By Robyn Antanovskii
Accidentally discovered by a Turkish sponge diver in 1982, the remains of the 3,300-year-old Uluburun shipwreck lie 10km off the coast of southern Turkey.