Akrotiri
This fabled place was destroyed by the eruption of the volcano Cera in 1650.
Akrotiri was recently uncovered in 1967 by archiologists
the excavation site
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.
Excavations begun by Spyridon Marinatos
building walls
storage containers
many artifacts were found
more vessels
