Enter the eerie ruins of ancient Akrotiri, where ash from the catastrophic volcanic eruption of the island Thera in 1600 BC buried and preserved beautiful images of the vanished Minoan-style culture. NOTE: Since my 4-month backpacking trip around Greece too … Continue reading
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Wander in a daze with Thor and me as we take in the “insanely dramatic” views of the whitewashed cubic labyrinth perched on the edge of a volcanic caldera high above the Aegean Sea. NOTE: Since my 4-month backpacking trip … Continue reading
When I saw the Photosynth YouTube video a while back, I thought: Wow!… …and I thought: I wonder if they’ve tried applying it to the fragmentary frescoes from Akrotiri?… …and I thought: I wonder how they’re handling the copyright questions? … Continue reading