Akroteri (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Akroteri

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Akrotiri is the Minoan town on Santorini that was damaged by earthquakes building up to the eruption and then buried under ash once Thera erupted. The whole town site has a modern roof structure over it to protect the fragile site from the elements.

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© Gretchen Gibbs

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