Essays Tagged: "Santorini"
Aegean, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Art: A selsection of works to highlight on a tour of the ancient world.
Boys fresco (Figure 1)Our first destination is a small, Cycladic island in the Aegean Sea known as Santorini, once named Thera. It is on this island where the Minoan site of Akrotiri has been uncover ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Design Arts
Atlantis
theories as to the location of Atlantis. Some of these theories claim the Island location as being Santorini, Antarctica, Piri Reyes, and the Bermuda Triangle.The tradition that a lost island such as ... oceanographers advanced the theory that Atlantis was once a Greek island in the Aegean Sea known as Santorini. Some associate the legend of Atlantis with the Greek island Thíra (Thera), that ge ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology
Ancient Thera, Sanorini - What does the physical evidence available today reveal about the Theran economy and beliefs (e.g wall frescoes, pottery, architecture, religious symbols).
Thira is the main island of Santorini, the location of an ancient city. Excavation carried out in 1896 by Baron Hiller indicated ... “The Ongoing Archaeological Dig at Site of Bronze Age City of Akrotiri on the Greek Island of Santorini”•C, Doumas(1978) - Thera and the Aegean World I.
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History