Hey everyone,
I just saw this Archaeological Documentary called "National Geographic presents: Dawn of Atlantis"
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Four thousand years ago a catastrophic volcanic eruption sent the island of Santorini plunging into the Mediterranean. Now, scientists are attempting to answer this question: could Santorini have inspired the myth of Atlantis?
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It's basically about how early Minoan civilization was wiped out by a volcano. Basically if you look at a present day map of Santorini
You can see that it's crescent shaped with two small islands (Palea and Kameni) in the center. Palea and Kameni are basically a reformed active volcano formed by an undersea lava flow. Archaologists have unearthed a huge city in Crete that was basically covered in ash from this volcano. They called this civilization which was very well preserved the Minoan civilization.
Well anyways, this seems very simplistic and I really enjoyed this documentary which is still on "On Demand" via the National Geographic channel. If you have any favorite Documentaries -Please mention them here so that other's may check them out.