Akrotiri

1600 BCGreece

CountryGreece

Date1600 BC

RegionSantorini

About Akrotiri

A Minoan Bronze Age settlement preserved under volcanic ash. Called the Pompeii of the Aegean. Three-story buildings with frescoes survive. Abandoned before the eruption, so no bodies were found. May be the source of the Atlantis legend.

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