The Most Powerful Volcanic Eruptions Through History

Etna has burned longer than most civilizations have existed. Its eruptions were the forge of Hephaestus, where gods shaped lightning and legends. Romans wrote of it as the breath of the underworld, both feared and revered. Over millennia, it has destroyed towns and birthed new land — a living paradox of death and creation.

Vineyards now grow on its flanks, nourished by the very soil it once consumed. Etna is not just a volcano; it is time itself, burning slow, eternal, and alive.