Spyridon Marinatos
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Spyridon Marinatos was a Greek archaeologist who specialised in the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations of the Aegean Bronze Age. He is best known for the excavation of the Minoan site of Akrotiri on T
Marinatos at Akrotiri in 1968
The tholos tomb at Voidokilia in Messenia, dubbed the "Tomb of Thrasymedes" by Marinatos
Fresco showing a Minoan town, from the "West House" at Akrotiri, excavated by Marinatos in 1971–1972
Marinatos's grave at Akrotiri
Akrotiri (prehistoric city)
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Akrotiri is a Cycladic Bronze Age settlement site on the volcanic Greek island of Santorini. The name comes from the nearby village of Akrotiri, the name of the site in antiquity is unknown.
Spyridon Marinatos
…archaeologist who specialised in the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations of the Aegean Bronze Age. He is best known for the excavation of the Minoan site of Akrotiri on Thera, which he conducted between 1967 and 1974. He received many honours in Greece and abroad, and was considered one of the most important Greek…
The site in 2018
Model of the excavations
A view down onto Triangle Square in front of the West House in Akrotiri, Greece. Taken on 16 May 2001, 4 years before the 23 September 2005 roof collapse.
Pumice on the shelving northern coast