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24 de ene. de 2019 · When excavations at Akrotiri commenced in 1967, they revealed a prehistoric town with buildings still standing two or even three storeys high. More than 50 years later, the story of the life and death of an extraordinary settlement is still being teased out.
Miniature fresco from Room 5, West House (North Wall) (ÒAssembly on the Hill and the ShipwreckÓ )
Akrotiri was buried by the massive Theran eruption in the middle of the second millennium BCE (during the Late Minoan IA period); as a result, like the Roman ruins of Pompeii after it, it is remarkably well-preserved.
6 de dic. de 2023 · Hidden under volcanic ash for millennia, the beautiful frescoes in the houses of Akrotiri were recently unearthed. Frescoes from Akrotiri, on the Cycladic island Thera (Santorini), Greece, 16th century B.C.E., Aegean Bronze Age (National Archaeological Museum, Athens) More Smarthistory images.
The excavated architecture of the exceptional prehistoric site of Akrotiri on the Greek island of Thera/Santorini is endangered by gradual decay, damage due to accidents, and seismic shocks, being located on an active volcano in an earthquake-prone.
Lecture 17: Akrotiri: House of the Ladies, West House, Xeste 3. 1. Plan of excavated site with detail showing plan of the west house, Akrotiri, Thera. 2. House of the Ladies, plan. 3. House of the Ladies, Room 1 west section, Sea Daffodils, Akrotiri, Thera. 4. House of the Ladies, South Wall, Room 1.
23 de feb. de 2017 · The excavated architecture of the exceptional prehistoric site of Akrotiri on the Greek island of Thera/Santorini is endangered by gradual decay, damage due to accidents, and seismic shocks,...
