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    Ancient Thera (Greek: Αρχαία Θήρα) is the name of an archaeological site from classical antiquity on the island of Santorini, which sits on the top of...
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    Santorini (redirect from Thera (Santorin))
    one"), Strongýlē (Στρογγύλη, "the circular one"), or Thēra. The ancient name Thera, for Theras, the leader of the Spartans who colonized and gave his...
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    paintings of ancient Thera are famous frescoes discovered by Spyridon Marinatos at the excavations of Akrotiri on the Greek island of Santorini (or Thera). They...
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    Akrotiri (prehistoric city) (category Ancient Thera)
    Cycladic Bronze Age settlement on the volcanic Greek island of Santorini (Thera). The name comes from the nearby village of Akrotiri. The settlement was...
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    was a catastrophic volcanic eruption that devastated the Aegean island of Thera (also called Santorini) circa 1600 BCE. It destroyed the Minoan settlement...
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    archeologist Baron Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen revealed the ruins of ancient Thera on Mesa Vouno. He focused on the settlements of 9th century BC there...
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  • Themison (Ancient Greek: Θεμίσων) was a merchant of the island of Thera, who, according to the Cyrenaean accounts of the foundation of their city, was...
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    still called Apanomerites (Απανωμερίτες). The Ancient Greek Oia was one of the two harbours of ancient Thera and was located in the southeast of the island...
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    Cyrene, Libya (redirect from Ancient Cyrene)
    Greeks themselves but it was probably actually colonized by settlers from Thera (modern Santorini) in the late seventh century BC. It was initially ruled...
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    Therasia (category Ancient Thera)
    the municipal unit of Oia (Δημοτική Ενότητα Οίας). Thera and Therasia were separated by the Thera eruption. At Knossos, in a LMIIIA context (14th century...
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  • Eleusis (Ancient Greek: Ἐλευσίς) was an ancient town on the island of Thera, mentioned by Ptolemy. Its site is tentatively located near Vlychada. Ptolemy...
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  • alternate name of Oea (Attica), a town of ancient Attica Oia, alternate name of Oea (Thera), a town of ancient Thera (Santorini) Ourilândia do Norte Airport...
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  • Theras (Ancient Greek: Θήρας) was a regent of Sparta, a son of Autesion and the brother of Aristodemos' wife Argeia, a Cadmid of Theban descent. He served...
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  • thera, Thera, or Thira in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Thera is a Greek island also known as Santorini. Thera or Thira may also refer to: Thera,...
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    arts traditions date to Ancient Greece. Boxing (pygme, pyx), wrestling (pale) and pankration were represented in the Ancient Olympic Games. The Romans...
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  • Melaenae or Melainai (Ancient Greek: Μέλαιναι) was an ancient town on the island of Thera. It is mentioned in ancient inscriptions. Its site is unlocated...
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    an archaic sanctuary dedicated to Achilles was discovered in Kamari. Ancient Thera Episkopi Gonias Sellada "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών...
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  • Oea or Oia (Ancient Greek: Οἴα) was an ancient town on the island of Thera, mentioned by Ptolemy. Its site is located near Kamari, and some of its ruins...
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    Naxos in Greece. It was among the most significant types of marble for ancient Greece and it continues to be quarried in modern times. The marble's creation...
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    Sellada (category Ancient Thera)
    NW slopes of Sellada accommodated the necropolis (i.e. cemetery) of Ancient Thera, Santorini's classical antiquity city. Excavations in Sellada during...
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    an attempt to enforce a blockade of the Assyrians. The eruption of the Thera volcano provides a possible time marker for the region. A large eruption...
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    island of Santorini (Thera). A traditional settlement, "Firá" derives its name from an alternative pronunciation of "Thíra", the ancient name of the island...
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    Geometric and Archaic periods. Many of these objects come from the ancient cemetery of Thera. One of them is a krater with Attic black figures from grave no...
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    Bronze Age artistic represenations, such as from the island of Crete and Thera, and Archaic literary texts. The Minoan culture centered on Crete engaged...
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    many places to see. Santorini, one of the Cyclades, is the location of Ancient Thera, an antique city on a ridge of the steep, 360 m high Messavouno mountain...
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    Atlantis (redirect from Ancient Atlantis)
    to suggest possible inspiration of Atlantis from Egyptian records of the Thera eruption, the Sea Peoples invasion, or the Trojan War. Others have rejected...
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  • This timeline of ancient history lists historical events of the documented ancient past from the beginning of recorded history until the Early Middle...
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  • of ancient Boeotia Eleusis (card game), an inductive logic card game Eleusis (mythology), mythological eponym of the town Eleusis Eleusis (Thera), a...
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    S2CID 35908442. "Chronology". Thera Foundation. Retrieved 2009-01-03. Balter, M (2006). "New Carbon Dates Support Revised History of Ancient Mediterranean". Science...
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  • Peninsula). Thereans - They lived in Thera/Thira Island (Santorini). Therean Diaspora Cyreneans - Descendants from a Thera Island colony. They lived in Cyrene...
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