📷 Dimitris Mourousiadis · Pexels
Where in the world
Greece
The site
Akrotiri is a Bronze Age settlement of the Minoan world, set on a cape on the Greek island of Santorini and occupied across a long span from around 4000 to 1600 BCE. Around 1600 BCE the great eruption that carved Santorini's caldera buried the town under volcanic ash, sealing its multi-storey houses, drains and vivid wall paintings intact — which is why it is often called 'the Minoan Pompeii.' Today the site marks one of the Aegean's most important early urban centres.
Field notes
- civilizations
- Minoan
- types
- City
- occupied
- 4,000 BCE — 1,600 BCE
- country
- Greece
Notable finds
Renowned pieces unearthed at Akrotiri — and where they are today
wall paintingYoung boxers fresco▸National Archaeological Museum of Athens
wall paintingShip procession fresco (Akrotiri)▸National Archaeological Museum of Athens
wall paintingAntelopes Fresco from Akrotiri▸National Archaeological Museum of Athens
paintingSaffron gatherers fresco
Wall Paintings of Thera
paintingBlue monkeys fresco
wall paintingAkrotiri fresco▸Archaeological museum of Thera
wall paintingAkrotiri fresco fragment
paintingFresco of a fisherman
muralFresco of a woman sitting on a throne▸National Archaeological Museum of Athens
