Santorini

Santorini is located in the Aegean sea, as one of the Greek Cyclades Islands near Greece. Santorini is one of the most popular islands in the Mediterranean, with its many beautiful landmarks including Fira, Oia, Kamari and many more. Santorini, Greece is a unique destination as its one of the great natural wonders of the world and The geographical appearance is believed to be the result of a volcanic explosion which is estimated to of occurred around 1630 bc. This is speculated to be the inspiration

Santorini is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. The island is also known as Thera, the English pronunciation of the island’s historical Greek name for the island “Thira”. Approximately 3500 years ago a series of volcanic eruptions devastated the island, its inhabitants and other Mediterranean Bronze Age civilizations1. The significance of these eruptions and their aftermath is that they had a severe environmental impact and may have led to the collapse of Bronze Age Mediterranean civilizations; moreover

Santorini plays a role as the most volcanic and southernmost of the seventeen islands of the Cyclades located in the archipelago, the Aegean Sea (Cyclades Islands). This caldera was formed by a colossal volcanic eruption; which was so large, in fact, it was the source to the collapse of the earliest Minoan civilizations on the island of Crete 3,500 years ago (History of the island of Santorini - Thira). One of the cities that were founded by archaeologists, called Akrotiri from 3000 BC, was the site

volcano in the world whose crater in the sea. The place that I mention is Santorini, the Santorini island form from an intensive volcanic activity. Such an amazing place, right? I think that Santorini is a good topic for me to tell and show you based on a few reasons. Firstly, not many of us know

Plato much believed that the civilization of Atlantis existed (Writer873). The origins of Atlantis are written in Plato’s “Critias” and “Timaeus” (Plato). Written around 350s B.C., the main character Solon, travels to Egypt and learns of Atlantis by priests (Writer873). He claimed his dialogues to be true records (Atlantis Subplots). Timaeus explains Atlantis was the “island situated in front of the straits, which are by you called Pillars of Herakles; the island was larger than Libya and Asia put

Bruins took some soil samples which showed sea microorganisms and species, in places that no known phenomenon could explain their existence. The only way they could have been deposited on the land of Crete was by a tsunami. The tidal wave caused by Santorini Volcano travelled and hit the shores of Crete, destroying the plantations, the crops, the ships and commerce, devitalizing and deviating the Minoan Civilization. The Minoan ports and infrastructures were destroyed by the 50 feet waves and were never

wanting to go to Greece and Iceland by myself. If I could go there, I would like to go to Santorini Island in Greece, which is the most beautiful place I have seen on TV, and it looks peaceful with a blue ocean. Salome M. Krell and David Farrell describe Santorini as an unforgettable beauty when they say, “I . . . have fallen in love with this spellbinding place” (3). For this reason, I would like to go Santorini, and I would like to drink wine on the terrace overlooking the sea; I will feel relaxed

Since the rediscovery of the site of Knossos by Sir Arthur Evans in 1900, the cause of the fall of the Minoan Civilization has been largely debated throughout the years. Scientists and archaeologists have proposed various hypotheses to the mystery, mainly regarding to environmental factors such as the eruption of Thera Volcano and subsequent tsunamis, earthquakes and climate change; or social and political factors like societal conflicts and invasion of the Mycenaeans. This paper examines the relationship

Atlantis whenever you hear that word what do you think of. Maybe it is a mystical place where nothing bad ever happens or maybe its a tretorus place where when things are just getting good they take aturn for the worse. Well in todays world we think of both beacuse it is still a mystery that no one has solved till this day. Their are many theories of were it could be and what has really happened to it. So let us get right in to the truth about Atlantis. So have you ever heard of a place called

Ancient Crete First Inhabitants ?Humans are believed to have arrived on the island now known as Crete sometime between 6500-6000 BCE, and the early Neolithic inhabitants may have arrived from Asia Minor.? While these early inhabitants were primitive, they had already adapted some stages of productivity such as possessing domestic animals (?Minoan,? Dilos).? Modern archeological findings date handmade ceramic pottery, which was frequently decorated with incised geometric motifs and made to imitate