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What is the approximate shape of Thera?
The archaeologist who began excavations at Akrotiri
Who is Spyridon Marinatos?
The only golden artefact found in Akrotiri
What is the gold ibex figurine?
The fresco depicting two youths boxing.
The modern name for the island of Thera
What is Santorini?
The Minoans were obsessed with this animal.
What are bulls?
Houses on Akrotiri either opened onto the road or onto this.
What is a Triangular courtyard?
The islands Thera is in are part of this country.
What is Greece?
1967
When did excavations at Akrotiri begin?
A small, ceramic artefact used to cook food.
What is the clay tripod oven?
The fresco depicting monkeys.
What is the Blue Monkeys fresco?
The creator of the myth of Atlantis
Who is Plato?
Women depicted wearing topless dresses with long skirts, and men depicted almost naked, sometimes wearing a kilt or belt.
What is Minoan Fashion?
The Minoan's written language.
What is Linear A?
The sea Thera is located in
What is the Aegean Sea?
What are xestes?
Bull-shaped barbeque skewer holders.
What are firedogs?
The fresco with multiple names
What is the naval campaign/ship/admiral's fresco?
Thera is often called this as it is compared to the cities of Vesuvius.
What is the 'Pompeii of the Agaean'?
The stone 'horns' placed atop buildings that are a close link to Minoan religion.
What are the 'horns of consecration'?
The invention found in Akrotiri that wouldn't be seen again until Roman times.
What are flushing toilets?
The significant event that caused the world's climate to suddenly change for 2 years.
The West House is an example of this type of architecture.
What are Independent Houses?
This was used to create moulds of the wooden furniture that had disintegrated in the ash.
What is the plaster cast method?
The fresco found in Room 2 of the House of the Ladies
What is the Ladies fresco?
The Atlantis myth describes Atlantis as existing beyond this point.
What is the Strait of Gibraltar?
The shallow pool like area found in some houses, that links to ideas of ritual bathing.
What is a lustral basin?
Spyridon Marinatos's daughter
Who is Nanno Marinatos?
The approximate date of the Theran eruption
What is c. 1500 BC?
The Beta and Delta sectors are examples of this type of architecture.
What are irregular building blocks?
This artefact shows evidence of commerce and trade on the island.
What are the bronze scales?
The fresco that covers three different walls of Room 2 of the Delta building.
What is the Spring Fresco?
The band who sing a song called 'Thera', about the eruption and the destruction of the Minoan civilisation.
Who are 'Giant Squid'?
The house that provides the most links to the Minoan civilisation.
What is Xeste 3?
The archaeologist who took over from Spyridon Marinatos after he died.
Who is Christos Doumas?