| In the same year he proposed the idea that the collapse of Minoan civilization in the Aegean was caused by the eruption of Thera in c. 1500 bc. |
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| Phylakopi was a flourishing settlement at the time of the late Bronze Age eruption of neighbouring Thera. |
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| Thera proper consists largely of lava and pumice, the latter of which is the island's main export. |
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| The ground was rocky and Damian quickly scrambled over to Thera. |
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| A colony of the Greeks of Thera, Cyrene was one of the principal cities in the Hellenic world. |
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| Nearby on the volcanic island of Thera, or Santorini, archaeologists dug up Minoan buildings, artifacts and a whole city, Akrotiri, buried under volcanic ash like Pompeii. |
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| When Thera erupted, the Minoans would have been clobbered by tsunamis, overwater pyroclastic flows, and fires from oil lamps knocked over by the eruption's shockwave. |
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| The earliest of these figures were, as might be expected, dedications in sanctuaries, especially on the island of Delos, but some were grave markers, as on another island, Thera. |
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| The Thera Extra from Ergolet is a new bariatric ambulation and gait training product. |
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| Bell's exclusive offering of the Audiovox Thera, a wireless pocket PC, delivers computer, cell phone, organizer and entertainment functions in a handheld device. |
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| The volcanic eruption of Thera may have been the cause of the downfall of the Minoan civilization. |
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| The volcanic explosion of Thera was thought to have badly affected which civilisation? |
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