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Also, a little later, R. Zahn excavated in the locality of Potamos, near Akrotiri, under the auspices of the German Archaeological Institute at Athens. The extensive modern excavation was started in 1967 by Spyridon Marinatos and revealed the full value of this site.
Akrotiri is part of the Thira region and had 515 permanent inhabitants according to the Greek census of 2021. [1] Approximately 2 km southeast, the Minoan Bronze Age Akrotiri archaeological site is located. This is one of the most important of its kind in the Aegean. West of Akrotiri and on Santorini's westmost tip, there is a lighthouse dating ...
Also, a little later, R. Zahn excavated in the locality of Potamos, under the auspices of the German Archaeological Institute at Athens. The main excavations at Akrotiri were conducted under the direction of the Archaeological Society of Athens. [citation needed]
Akrotiri Frescos of Boxing Boys (Possibly Girls) and Gazelles in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.. The wall paintings of ancient Thera are famous frescoes discovered by Spyridon Marinatos at the excavations of Akrotiri on the Greek island of Santorini (or Thera).
Katalymata ton Plakoton (Greek: Καταλύματα των Πλακωτών) is an archeological site in the vicinity of Akrotiri, on the island of Cyprus. [1] [2]The first archaeological surveys began in 2007–2010 by the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus.
Spyridon Marinatos was born in Lixouri on the Ionian island of Kephallonia on 17 November [O.S. 4 November] 1901. His father, Nikolaos, was a carpenter. [2] Marinatos studied at the University of Athens from 1916, [3] where he competed unsuccessfully with Christos Karouzos for a scholarship, beginning a lifelong rivalry between the two. [4]
There are 19 Foreign Archaeological Institutes in Greece, also known as "schools," all based in Athens.Seventeen of them are officially accredited. In addition to conducting their share of government-authorized research projects, they issue reports and other publications, support specialised archaeological/classical libraries, conduct regular lecture programmes, award scholarships/bursaries ...
Linear A incised on tablets found in Akrotiri, Santorini Linear A tablet, Chania Archaeological Museum. Linear A has been found chiefly on Crete, but also at other sites in Greece, as well as Turkey and Israel. The extant corpus, comprising some 1,427 specimens totals 7,362 to 7,396 signs.