A Test of Time: The Volcano of Thera and the Chronology and History of the Aegean and East Mediterranean in the Mid Second Millennium BCThe great mid-second millennium BC eruption of the Thera (Santorini) volcano in the Aegean Sea, has been the subject of intense popular and scholarly interest. The effects of the eruption have been linked with the destruction of the Minoan palace civilization of Crete, the legend of Atlantis and even the events described in the Biblical account of the Exodus. Scientists have studied the remains of the volcano, traced eruption products across the east Mediterranean, and sought evidence for a climatic impact in ice-cores and tree-rings. At Akrotiri, archaeologists have unearthed a major prehistoric town which was buried by the eruption, finding multi-storey houses decorated with wonderful frescoes, and full of ceramics and other finds linking this site with the contemporary civilisations of Crete, Greece, Anatolia, Cyprus, the Levant and Egypt. |
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... associated black rim bowls to ' the early Eighteenth Dynasty'.392 The gardens , and associated entities , are earlier . Thus Hyksos ? Another relevant fact should be noted . Very little MC , or MC - style LCIA , pottery ( one sherd of ...
... associated black rim bowls to ' the early Eighteenth Dynasty'.392 The gardens , and associated entities , are earlier . Thus Hyksos ? Another relevant fact should be noted . Very little MC , or MC - style LCIA , pottery ( one sherd of ...
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... associated with the monumental platform structure . Given the very early 18th Dynasty scarabs from the houses , this leaves the platform , and its later east extension , as earliest 18th Dynasty at the latest . Comment A Hyksos date for ...
... associated with the monumental platform structure . Given the very early 18th Dynasty scarabs from the houses , this leaves the platform , and its later east extension , as earliest 18th Dynasty at the latest . Comment A Hyksos date for ...
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... associated with an imported LHIIIA1 vessel . Subsequently , the third and last burial of a female was installed . This was positioned differently . The gap of time between the first and last burials is unknown , but at least some time ...
... associated with an imported LHIIIA1 vessel . Subsequently , the third and last burial of a female was installed . This was positioned differently . The gap of time between the first and last burials is unknown , but at least some time ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A brief history of the Thera debate | 7 |
Aims and Preliminary issues for this Study | 46 |
Copyright | |
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