Home The Story of the Santorini Eruptions | The Culprit Behind the End of Atlantis and Minoan Civlization Island of Thera (Santorin) in eruption of 1866. Horseshoe shape created during cataclysmic eruption c1500 BC. May have created tidal wave destroying Knossus. Perhaps gave rise to Atlantis legend. Colour-printed engraving 1874.
Island of Thera (Santorin) in eruption of 1866. Horseshoe shape created during cataclysmic eruption c1500 BC. May have created tidal wave destroying Knossus. Perhaps gave rise to Atlantis legend. Colour-printed engraving 1874.
