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Spiridon Marinatos
Greek archaeologist (1901-1974) · Greece · On the map · Academics · Died at 72
Spyridon Marinatos was a Greek archaeologist who specialised in the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations of the Aegean Bronze Age. He is best known for the excavation of the Minoan site of Akrotiri on Thera, which he conducted between 1967 and 1974.
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The tholos tomb at Voidokilia in Messenia, dubbed the "Tomb of Thrasymedes" by Marinatos
Fresco showing a Minoan town, from the "West House" at Akrotiri, excavated by Marinatos in 1971-1972
Marinatos's grave at Akrotiri
Layers of pumice at Akrotiri, remnants of the volcanic eruption Marinatos believed responsible for the end of Neopalatial Minoan civilisationAwards
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He received many honours in Greece and abroad, and was considered one of the most important Greek archaeologists of his day.
