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Santorini Map With Cities

editor — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:40:00 +0000

Today, one can see traces of heavy objects having been moved imprinted on the ash and tufa. This tells us that some of the inhabitants must have stayed on the island until the volcano started to erupt. Even these people, however, since their skeletons have not been found, must have left Thera at some point. Professor Spyri-don Marinatos, who was in charge of the excavations at Akrotiri, called these people troglodytes, people who lived among the ruins. Christos Doumas, another archaeologist, believes that they formed a team who were attempting to repair the damaged buildings. The length of time that

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Santorini Map English

editor — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 05:28:00 +0000

POTTERY Vast quantities of pottery have been found at Akrotiri: literally thousands of vessels, of which many have survived intact, standing upright in storerooms or on shelves and ledges. The pottery of Akrotiri falls into two categories: items which were made on the island, and those imported from other areas, such as the Argolid and especially Crete. A total of fifty different kinds of vessel have been found. The imported vessels were of excellent quality and bore ornamentation characteristic of their place of origin. Most of them were relatively small, thus making it easy to transport them. The local ware,

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Santorini Map Location

editor — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 16:48:00 +0000

VOLCANIC ACTIVITY Over the centuries, the islanders have given their home various names. It has been called Strongyle (the Round One), Kalliste (the Beautiful One), Philotera, and Santorini. In the 20th century, many people have linked its turbulent past with the tragic fate of the legendary continent of Atlantis. Scholars and scientists, geologists and archaeologists, have treated it with wonder and interest as they tried to piece together its long story from the information available to them. But let us see how its tragic history has unfolded. Mythology tells us that Santorini was created from a lump of earth from

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Santorini Map In World Map

editor — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 17:32:00 +0000

THE CHRONICLE OF THE CATASTROPHE Let us cast our minds back, then, to the middle of the 16th century BC. Written documents, which could tell us exactly what happened, do not exist. Aiew Kameni was formed from, the material spewed oul during eruptions of the volcano in Ihe modern period The black masses of lava give us some idea of what the whole area must haue looked like after Ihe terrible eruption of 1500 HC. Earthquakes were always a common occurrence in the region. One especially cata-strophic earthquake must have triggered the volcano, and it awoke. The houses, some with

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Santorini Administrative Map

editor — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 23:16:00 +0000

Passing through the gate, we find ourselves in the Triangular square. It is larger than the previous square and is bordered on the east and south by complex D, on the west by another building and on the north by the so-called West Flouse. The West House gives us a very clear picture of what the houses of Akrotiri must have looked like. 11 is a two-storey structure, entered from the Triangular square. On the ground floor are storerooms and work areas, while the upstairs rooms are richly decorated with frescos. Room 4 contained a fresco showing a priestess, and

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