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A storage jar from the Palace of Knossos, Crete, Greece
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A storage jar from the Palace of Knossos, Crete, Greece

Minoan houses with mud walls in Gournia, Crete, Greece. It is a Minoan village of the first millenium, with two parallel main streets and smaller streets scaling the hillside. Houses often had shops on the groundfloor and living quarters on a top floor.
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Minoan houses with mud walls in Gournia, Crete, Greece. It is a Minoan village o...

Thera Island (Santorini), Greece, was inhabited by a highly civilized population of Cycladic-Minoan culture. The eruption of the island's volcano around 1450 BCE covered with ash what remained of the island. Akrotiri: A flight of stone steps crushed by the ashes.
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Thera Island (Santorini), Greece, was inhabited by a highly civilized populat...

Akrotiri on Thera Island, Greece, destroyed by a volca- nic catastrophe around 1450 BCE. Various pots were ex- cavated in a room, perhaps a kitchen, containing food particles, even sprouting beans, thus dating the eruption in late spring or early summer.
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Akrotiri on Thera Island, Greece, destroyed by a volca- nic catastrophe around 1...

Painted storage vessels in a room in Akrotiri, Thera Island, Greece. Thera was inhabited by a highly civi- lized population of Cycladic-Minoan culture. The island was buried under the ashes of the volcano after an eruption around 1450 BCE.
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Painted storage vessels in a room in Akrotiri, Thera Island, Greece. Thera wa...

Bathtub excavated from the thick layer of ashes - Acro- tiri, Thera Island, Greece. The eruption of the volcano on Thera around 1450 BCE gave rise to the legend of the lost continent of Atlantis. The catastrophe may have caused the end of Cretan culture.
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Bathtub excavated from the thick layer of ashes - Acro- tiri, Thera Island, Gree...

The elaborate wall of a house. Akrotiri, Thera Island, Greece. The island was destroyed by an explosion of its volcano around 1450 BCE which may have caused the end of Cretan culture, also giving rise to the legend of the lost continent Atlantis.
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The elaborate wall of a house. Akrotiri, Thera Island, Greece. The island was d...

Government area (eleuthera agora) - Panayirdag and Sel- cuk with Ayasoluk Hill - Northeast view from the Buel- bueldag towards Ephesus, Turkey
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Government area (eleuthera agora) - Panayirdag and Sel- cuk with Ayasoluk Hill -...

View from the Buelbueldag towards the ancient harbour of Ephesus, Turkey
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View from the Buelbueldag towards the ancient harbour of Ephesus, Turkey

Ancient harbour, Arkadiane quarters, and the arena - North view from the Buelbueldag towards Ephesus, Turkey
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Ancient harbour, Arkadiane quarters, and the arena - North view from the Buel...

The Agora and the theatre - North view from the Buel- bueldag towards Ephesus, Turkey
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The Agora and the theatre - North view from the Buel- bueldag towards Ephesus,...

Government area (eleuthera agora) of Ephesus, Turkey
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Government area (eleuthera agora) of Ephesus, Turkey