One of the most captivating remnants of the ancient world is the Boxers Fresco from the Minoan settlement of Akrotiri on ...

Explore Akrotiri, Santorini’s ancient city buried by a volcano. Is it older than Pompeii? Can you visit from port without a tour? Yes!

The walls of Akrotiri showed brightly colored bands, and flowers with long yellow stamens like lilies, and iris bending toward each other in the wind. This pretty style of garden fresco originated ...

Vervet monkeys appear in a fresco from Akrotiri, Thera. They're known for their rounded muzzles, a white band on the forehead, an extended tail and elongated limbs -- all accurately shown in the ...

In the houses of Akrotiri, frescoes were found depicting everyday life on the island with animals, fishermen, or ships. The eruption changed the circular shape of Santorini, known then as Strogili ...