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Submitted by Kuba on Tuesday, 24 November 2020  Page Views: 1914

MuseumsSite Name: Museum of Prehistoric Thera Alternative Name: Μουσείο Προϊστορι
Country: Greece
NOTE: This site is 12.309 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Greek Islands Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Fira
Latitude: 36.416672N  Longitude: 25.432629E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
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4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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Museum of Prehistoric Thera
Museum of Prehistoric Thera submitted by Kuba : Museum of Prehistoric Thera OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Image copyright: caralowry (Cara Lowry), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A modern museum dedicated to the prehistory of Santorini. Artifacts come in a big part from the Minoan settlement of Akrotiri. Highlights of the museum include a golden ibex statuette and well preserved Minoan frescoes.

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Museum of Prehistoric Thera
Museum of Prehistoric Thera submitted by Kuba : Minoan Wall Painting Museum of Prehistoric Thera '14. Akrotiri, 17th Century BC Image copyright: - Ozymandias -, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Museum of Prehistoric Thera submitted by Kuba : Golden ibex statuette Author: Klearchos Kapoutsis (CC BY 2.0) (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Museum of Prehistoric Thera submitted by Kuba : Interior of the museum Author: Joanbanjo (CC BY-SA 3.0) (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Museum of Prehistoric Thera by davidmorgan on Tuesday, 08 December 2020
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I realise I haven't visited this new museum (opened in 2000). As I was there in '93, it must have been the Archaeological Museum of Thera that I saw. Probably needs a site page.
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