Reconstructing A Catastrophe: The Minoan Eruption Of Santorini
Gareth Fabbro, Science 2.0, 01-07-2011
A recent BBC docu-drama called ‘Atlantis’ recreated the last days of the Bronze Age civilisation on the island of Thera (now known as Santorini), that I’ve meant to blog about for a while now. This program, along with a more traditional ‘Timewatch’ documentary, argued that the eruption in roughly 1600 B.C. formed the foundation of Plato’s description of Atlantis. For me, however, the more interesting part of the program was their recreation of the eruption itself, an eruption so powerful it likely caused the downfall of the civilisation after which it is named: the Minoans.
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