What makes Akrotiri so incredible is how well-preserved the ruins are, thanks to the volcanic ash. You’ll see multi-story buildings, frescoes, pottery, and an advanced drainage system ...

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 ...

The blue monkey fresco at Akrotiri, an ancient settlement on the Aegean island of Thera, or modern-day Santorini Public domain As far as archaeologists know, Asian monkeys weren’t trotting 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 ...