Akrotiri
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt
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Last modified
Nov 04, 2025 02:59 PM
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History
Akrotiri is the modern name of an archaeological site located on the island of Thera (modern Santorini) where a Minoan Bronze Age settlement flourished before being destroyed by a volcanic eruption ca. 1627 B.C. The site has been under scientific excavation since 1967.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599478
36.351534, 25.403744
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - 30 BC) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- None
- Akrotiri connection Thera (island) (unspecified date range)
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settlement
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 61 A5 Akrotiri
- D̲oumas, C. 1983. Thera, Pompeii of the ancient Aegean : excavations at Akrotiri, 1967-79. New York: Thames and Hudson.
- D̲oumas, C. and A. Ντούμα. 1992. The wall-paintings of Thera. Athens: Thera Foundation.
- Marinatos, S. 1968-. Excavations at Thera. Athens: Archaiologikē Hetaireia.
- ODYSSEUS, Akrotiri of Thera
- Sperling 1973 11-12
- Wikipedia (English) Akrotiri (Santorini)
- Wikipedia (English) Ancient Thera
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 61 A5 Akrotiri
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Akrotiri, on Thera GRE
C. Foss, G. Reger, Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, and Johan Åhlfeldt, 'Akrotiri: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599478> [accessed: 06 February 2026]
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