Akrotiri, Santorini

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Akrotiri

 

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the excavation site

 

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Akrotiri, like Pompeii, a flourishing and prosperous Minoan town was covered beneath a thick layer of pumice and ash created by the terrific volcanic eruption of 1500 BC.

 

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Excavations begun by Spyridon Marinatos

 

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building walls

 

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storage containers

 

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many artifacts were found

 

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more vessels

Akrotiri, Santorini Athens Athens 2004 Corinth Canal Corfu Crete Antiquities Crete Delphi Elderhostel Epidaurus Homeric Legend Ioannina Ionian Islands Kalambaka Meteora Meteora  2004 Metsovo Mycenae Mycenae 2004 Mystras Nafplion Northern Greece Olympia Orthodox Easter Rhodes Santorini Synagogue on Rhodes

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