Santorini, the ancient Thera, is the volcanic island in the Aegean whose Bronze Age eruption is the most popular Mediterranean answer to Plato's Atlantis.
Their empire ended about 1500 BC with the gigantic eruption of the volcano on the island of Santorini, which sent millions of tons of volcanic ash into the atmosphere, produced intense atmospheric shockwaves, and generated disastrous tsunamis.
On 3000 BC: Notes and References a tree ring note from Baillie puts an Aegean eruption of Santorini in 1628 BC.
On Atlantis: One Name, Many Locations Santorini and Minoan Crete are one of the candidate locations.
Andrew Tomas, in Atlantis: From Legend to Discovery (1972), sets Santorini aside.
Santorini's timeline does not match the dates that Plato claimed for Atlantis
Stewart Pearce, on Atlantis: One Name, Many Locations, goes the other way: for him the Azores, Santorini and Crete were all high peaks of one mountain range of a far larger Atlantis.
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In later books, Spanuth linked the disaster to the eruption of Thera (Santorini).
And the islands that you know today — the Azores, Santorini, Sardinia, Majorca, Crete, etc.
And the islands that you know today — the Azores, Santorini, Sardinia, Majorca, Crete, etc.
More recent theories have placed Adantis at various Mediterranean locations, including Crete, Cyprus, and the island of Santorini (ancient Thera).
Their empire ended about 1500 BC with the gigantic eruption of the volcano on the island of Santorini, which sent millions of tons of volcanic ash into the atmosphere, produced intense atmospheric shockwaves, and generated disastrous tsunamis.
Because Menzies has equated the Minoan civilization with the Atiantean Empire, he believes that the great volcanic eruption on Santorini helped create the legend of Atlantis. Much like the myth of Atlantis’s destruction taken from Plato, the resulting tidal waves, deadly gaseous clouds, famine due to destroyed crops, and opportunistic pirate clans finished off the great Minoan Empire, leaving remarkably little behind.
Other narrow years are associated with frost rings observed in California bristlecone pines and with eruptions of Icelandic (Hekla 3 in 1159 BC) and Aegean (Santorini in 1628 BC) volcanoes.
The late Minoan decline coincided with the eruption of the volcano on Thera, modern Santorini, which may have caused the destruction of Knossos, and by the middle of the 15th century BCE the palace culture had declined under natural disasters, internal disruption and growing Mycenaean influence.
More recent theories have placed Adantis at various Mediterranean locations, including Crete, Cyprus,and the island of Santorini (ancient Thera).
Their empire ended about 1500 BC with the gigantic eruption of thevolcano on the island of Santorini, which sent millions of tons of volcanic ash into the atmosphere,produced intense atmospheric shockwaves, and generated disastrous tsunamis.
Because Menzies has equated the Minoan civilization with the Atiantean Empire, he believes that the great volcanic eruption on Santorini helped create the legend of Atlantis.
Some researchers have sought to link various natural disasters, volcanic eruptions (like Santorini), or climate changes with the Biblical narrative, suggesting that such environmental shifts could have triggered population movements.
Some scholars have linked Atlantis's supposed sinking to volcanic eruptions or tectonic activity, such as the eruption of Thera (modern-day Santorini) around 1600 BC.
Giorgio continues his investigation on the Greek island of Santorini.
While on Santorini, Giorgio visits the ancient Minoan city of Akrotiri, which was buried under volcanic ash, much like Pompeii.
In Santorini, Giorgio encounters frescoes that depict strange beings, including sea creatures known as the Telekhines.
As he explores more of Santorini, he considers whether the stories of Atlantis are directly linked to ancient legends of extraterrestrial beings.
Giorgio’s journey, which took him from Athens to Portugal, and finally to Santorini, has brought him closer to understanding the mystery of Atlantis.