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Thera eruption

365 Anno Domini – The Faint Echoes of a Dead Atlantis

2021-03-10 by Phil Butler

Atlantis

An earthquake in 365 A.D. destroyed every city in Crete. It was the telltale echo of a much more devastating event nearly 2,000 years before.

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Was the End of the Minoans the Will of the Gods?

2020-09-10 by Phil Butler

Poseidon

Were the Minoans the people Plato referred to as Atlanteans? What really happened to this bright Bronze Age civilization?

Tags: 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, antiquity, Athanasia Kanta, Athena, Atlantis, Bronze Age, Bronze Age Crete, Crete tsunami, Dia Island, Evi Nomikou, Greek legends, J.D.S. Pendlebury, Jacques Cousteau, Jan Driessen, Kostis Christakis, legends, Minoan Civilization, Minoans, Neita, oceanography, Plato, Santorini, Spyridon Marinatos, Sterling Dow, Thera, Thera eruption, Thera explosion, Thera tsunami, Volcanoes

New Akrotiri Finds Hint at Pre-eruption Thera Tsunami Event

2020-02-18 by Argophilia Travel News

House of Benches

New findings on Santorini may shed light on the Thera tsunami many experts believe signalled the beginning of the end of Minoan Civilization.

Tags: Aegean tsunami, Akrotiri, Akrotiri excavations, Minoan Civilization, Minoan destruction, Santorini, Santorini volcano, Thera, Thera eruption, Thera excavations, Thera tsunami, Thera volcano

An Empyrean Whisper: The Fate of the Mysterious Minoans

2020-01-24 by Phil Butler

Heraklion Archaeological Museum

Beyond the science, the religion and the spirit of the Minoans speak of an unimaginable Utopia lost, and the fate of the Minoans.

Tags: archaeology, crete, flood, Karnak, Minoan Civilization, Minoan Empire, Minoan fleet, Minoans, Tempest Stele, The Minoans, Thera, Thera eruption, Thera tsunami

Cities on Volcanoes 11 Conference Comes to Heraklion May 2020

2019-12-08 by Phil Butler

Cities on Volcanoes 11

Coming up May 23rd through 27th of 2020, the Cities on Volcanoes 11 brings the world’s top volcanologists to Greece for the first time. The conferences and workshops of “Volcanoes and Society: environment, health, and hazards” will welcome many of the world’s foremost experts to Heraklion, Crete. Organized by the International Association of Volcanology Cities, […]

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Discovering Itanos: A Search for a Lost Minoan Palace

2019-10-28 by Phil Butler

Ruined Itanos

At the far eastern corner of Crete Island, an amazing prehistoric city once existed. Visiting the ruins left at Itanos once gets the sense of lost time, and of the powerful and prosperous people who once lived there. Ancient Itanos was one of the strongest cities in Crete, but little is known of the ancient […]

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Prayer of Yidini: Echoes of Karfi

2018-02-11 by Phil Butler

A story from ancient Karfi, a story of how the last Minoans may have lived and believed. Karfi was the last stronghold of a magnificent culture destroyed by the gods.

Tags: crete, Karfi, Karphi, Keftiu, Lassithi, Lassithi Plateau, Mallia, Minoan Civilization, Minoan Crete, Minoan ruins, Minoans, Mycenaeans, Phaistos, Thera, Thera eruption, Tylissos, Yidini

Akrotiri, Window Into the Bronze Age, Reopens

2012-04-12 by Phil Butler

Prehistoric Site of Akrotiri, Santorini

Seven years after the roof of Santorini’s Akrotiri archaeological site fell, killing a British tourist, the Bronze Age wonder has reopened to the public. This prehistoric town, called by many the “Pompeii of the Aegean”, was for centuries buried beneath tons of volcanic ash. On Wednesday, visitors were once again allowed in to see one of the world’s lost wonders.

Tags: Akrotiri, ancient civilizations, Ancient Greece, Atlantis, Bronze Age, Greece, Greece travel, Greek Islands, Minoans, Pompeii, prehistory, Robert Ballard, Santorini, Santorini tourism, Thera, Thera eruption




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