Excavations on the southwestern tip of Santorini island (also known as Thera) have been ongoing at the Akrotiri archeological site since Greek archeologist and professor Spyridon Marinatos started ...

Excavations of ancient Akrotiri, which dates from the Bronze Age, reveal a sophistication and prosperity of an elaborate drainage system, beautiful wall paintings and multistory buildings ...

Ancient Akrotiri is ranked #5 out of 13 things to do in Santorini. See pictures and our review of Ancient Akrotiri.

Explore Akrotiri, Santorini’s ancient city buried by a volcano. Is it older than Pompeii? Can you visit from port without a tour? Yes!

Fresco, Akrotiri, Greece (Photo Archive of Thera Akrotiri Excavations) Scholars have longed believed that a Bronze Age Aegean painting of a troop of monkeys depicts stylized exotic primates ...

Kaspersky Lab’s co-operation with ASA will support several phases of the project at Akrotiri. The first phase will consist of excavations in the House of Benches near the Xeste 3 building. This is ...

Thera Akrotiri Excavations The wall paintings of Akrotiri were preserved by ash from a volcano that destroyed the city some time in the 16th or 15th century BC and offer an incredible glimpse of ...

Her fieldwork experience includes excavations in Connecticut, Copacabana Bolivia, Akrotiri, Pompeii, the Agora Excavations in Athens, S.H.A.R.P. (the Saronic Harbors Archaeological Research Project), ...

Those looking to explore will find a daytrip to the caldera islets or a visit to the excavations at Akrotiri, where one of the most important prehistoric settlements of the Aegean was discovered.