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unusual facts about Akrotiri


Kounoupidiana

Kounoupidiana is a village in Crete, Greece, part of the municipal unit of Akrotiri.


1630s BC

Before 1630 BC – 1500 BC—Landscape (Spring fresco), wall painting with areas of modern reconstruction from Akrotiri, Thera, Cyclades, is made.

Christos G. Doumas

Since 1975, Doumas has been the director of excavations at Akrotiri on the Island of Thera (Santorini), as a successor to Spyridon Marinatos.

Limassol District

Part of the British overseas territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia forms an enclave on the Akrotiri peninsula, under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom.

Nilotic landscape

Excavations at Akrotiri on the island of Thera have preserved a number of frescoes dating to the Late Bronze Age.

Nocton Hall

They are of former RAF Hospitals overseas; Changi Close, Habbanya Rise (RAF Habbaniya misspelt), Rostrop Road, Steamer Point Road, Fayid Lane, Hinidi Lane (RAF Hinaidi misspelt), Khormaksar Drive, Wegberg Road & Akrotiri Square.

Royal Navy Cyprus Squadron

The ships were based at Akrotiri Mole near RAF Akrotiri and were employed in the protection of visiting ships and other British Forces Cyprus equipment designated as high value.


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