Learn more about the Minoans: [ Ссылка ]
Table of Contents:
0:00 Intro
1:01 The Bull Leaping Fresco
1:35 Thera (Island of Santorini)
1:55 Akrotiri Frescoes
2:27 Shipwreck
2:47 Volcanic Eruption 🌋
3:27 Akrotiri Rediscovered
This short video packs a lot of punch in under five minutes. It introduces the stunning ancient Minoan frescoes (wall paintings) and charts the volcanic explosion at Thera (Santorini) at around 1600 BC. Did this catastrophic event mean the beginning of the end for Minoan culture?
(con sottotitoli in italiano, με ελληνικούς υπότιτλους)
Created and narrated by Lance Hewison: [ Ссылка ]
Translated into Greek and Italian by Chris Sakellaridis (available now in CC options): [ Ссылка ]
Be sure to subscribe to be notified when the next installment is released to find out more about the mysterious Minoan people. Do you think they might have something to do with the myth of Atlantis that describes an island world that sank beneath the sea?
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Shots from Crete provided by Bert Christiaens
Music by Ross Daly
Volcano footage courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey
Satellite images courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory
Fresco images courtesy of WikiMedia Commons
Illustration of Minoan bull leaping by H.M. Herget courtesy of Alamy Stock Photo
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MINOAN Civilization: The Fresco Paintings of Knossos and Akrotiri 🌋 Tiny Epics History
