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Akrotiri (Greek: Ακρωτήρι, pronounced Greek: ) is the ... near Akrotiri, under the auspices of the German Archaeological Institute at Athens.
Akrotiri is part of the Thira region and had 515 permanent inhabitants according to the Greek census of 2021. [1] Approximately 2 km southeast, the Minoan Bronze Age Akrotiri archaeological site is located. This is one of the most important of its kind in the Aegean. West of Akrotiri and on Santorini's westmost tip, there is a lighthouse dating ...
Katalymata ton Plakoton (Greek: Καταλύματα των Πλακωτών) is an archeological site in the vicinity of Akrotiri, on the island of Cyprus. [1] [2]The first archaeological surveys began in 2007–2010 by the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus.
Akrotiri Frescos of Boxing Boys (Possibly Girls) and Gazelles in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. The wall paintings of ancient Thera are famous frescoes discovered by Spyridon Marinatos at the excavations of Akrotiri on the Greek island of Santorini (or Thera).
The history of Akrotiri goes back to 3300 B.C., and the city flourished especially during the mature Late Cycladic I period (17th century B.C.); the artefacts from this period are abundantly illustrated. The collections are ordered chronologically, and include ceramics, sculptures, jewellery, wall paintings, and ritual objects.
The Minoan eruption was a catastrophic volcanic eruption that devastated the Aegean island of Thera (also called Santorini) circa 1600 BCE. [2] [3] It destroyed the Minoan settlement at Akrotiri, as well as communities and agricultural areas on nearby islands and the coast of Crete with subsequent earthquakes and paleotsunamis. [4]
Spyridon Marinatos was born in Lixouri on the Ionian island of Kephallonia on 17 November [O.S. 4 November] 1901. His father, Nikolaos, was a carpenter. [2] Marinatos studied at the University of Athens from 1916, [3] where he competed unsuccessfully with Christos Karouzos for a scholarship, beginning a lifelong rivalry between the two. [4]
Noted archaeological remains found in Akrotiri are wall paintings or frescoes that have kept their original colour well, as they were preserved under many metres of volcanic ash. Judging from the fine artwork, its citizens were sophisticated and relatively wealthy people.