The volcanic ash from the Santorini volcano covered the Minoan city at Akrotiri of Thera, helping to preserve its structures and artifacts. The excavation work to recover the ruins of Akrotiri was ...

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

For 15 euros (about $16), travelers can enjoy combined admission to Ancient Akrotiri, Ancient Thera and the Museum of Prehistoric Thera; the ticket is valid for three days.

But the museum’s true centrepiece is the "Daughter of Thera" - a 2.48-metre marble statue from the Archaic period, unearthed in 2000 at Ancient Thera’s necropolis, Sellada.

The blue monkey fresco at Akrotiri, an ancient settlement on the Aegean island of Thera, or modern-day Santorini Public domain As far as archaeologists know, Asian monkeys weren’t trotting the ...

0 Comments The eruption of Thera (not pictured) on the Greek island of Santorini buried the ancient Minoan settlement in a layer of ash and rock more than 40m deep (Getty/iStockphoto) ...

Thera's massive eruption, known to have occurred sometime before 1500 B.C., buried the Minoan town of Akrotiri in more than 130 feet of debris.

The second largest volcanic eruption in human history was much larger than previously thought, scientists say. The Bronze Age eruption of Thera near mainland Greece would have devastated ancient ...