FLavius Valerius Constantinus Posted January 22, 2006 Report Share Posted January 22, 2006 Link to full article Earthquakes were responsible for the destruction of a Minoan settlement on the island of Karpathos. That was the conclusion drawn following excavations conducted last year at Fournoi Afiatis on Karpathos under the direction of Manolis Melas, a professor of archaeology. The dig was part of a research program by the Dimokritio University of Thrace. The ceramic fragments scattered about the fields facing the buildings and stratigraphic data showed that the area to the northeast of the settlement was first used in the Minoan palatial era. But the excavation revealed that some 2,000 years later, at the end of the Late Roman period, the area was again in use. The dig began in 2001 and uncovered the remains of stone foundations and the floors of two houses and also of farm walls from the same period... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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