Volcanic eruption at Thera-Could it be Atlantis?

(All notes based on the BBC Timewatch programme episode called Atlantis the evidence)

Atlantis

• It was a myth written by Plato. It is thought that it could have been written:
  • as a warning about wealth and fortune
  • due to listening to peoples gossip
  • not from an historians point of view. It is thought that he didn't want to write history.
• Some people would argue that Atlantis was created by supernatural aliens.
• Nazi's thought that the Arian race came from Atlantis.

Thera-Is Atlanta based on the events that happened here?

• The land seem to link to what Plato describes as it is the right shape.
• The island is the remains of a volcanic crater.
• It is wondered if the Atlantis myth was triggered by the eruption that took place.
• In the myth of Atlantis, Plato mentioned that different coloured stones were used in buildings. This can be seen in buildings in Thera.
• Thera was home to an advance civilisation. 
• 1967 discovery:
  • it was found beneath 100ft of ash and pumice.
  • 10,000sq kilometres has been currently excavated, but it is estimated that there is 30 times more here. 
  • The civilisation was particularly inventive with pottery and it is of high quality.
  • Wall paintings have been discovered here which show life and it seems to show that because women are present that they had a…