Reconstructing A Catastrophe: The Minoan Eruption Of Santorini

Friday, July 1, 2011 - 18:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A recent BBC docu-drama called 'Atlantis' recreated the last days of the Bronze Age civilisation on the island of Thera (now known as Santorini), that I've meant to blog about for a while now.  This program, along with a more traditional 'Timewatch' documentary, argued that the eruption in roughly 1600 B.C.read more

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