Thera: Pompeii of The Ancient Aegean - Excavations at Akrotiri 1967-79
New York: Thames and Hudson, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #004576
New Aspects of Antiquity Series. Full brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine and publisher's device to front board. 168 pp., [16] B&W plates, [4] colour plates. With 123 illustrations, 15 in colour. Rubbing to spine ends and corners, else fine. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Dust jacket bumped to extremities, short tear to upper corner of front cover, bubbling of laminate to foot of front joint, curling to flaps. Ancient Akrotiri is now recognized to be the most completely preserved prehistoric site in Europe, perhaps even the world. Excavations since 1967 have unearthed from beneath the mantle of volcanic debris entire streets, houses, and even their contents, left as they were by the fleeing inhabitants. Most remarkable are the frescoes, more complete than those from Minoan Crete and still breathtakingly fresh 3500 years after they were first painted. Doumas demonstrates in addition how crucial the recent excavations are to a reassessment of the possible link between the eruption of Thera, the collapse of Minoan Crete and Plato's myth of Atlantis.
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