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Prehistoric Town of Akrotiri

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

Vlychada, Greece

Tomato Industrial Museum

A former factory serves as a shrine to the industry that sustained Santorini for decades.

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Atlantis Books

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

6 miles from Santorini

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Santorini Tomatoes

The Greek island's volcanic soil produces an intensely fragrant, sweet crop.

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A Minoan town buried under ash from the Thera eruption.

No One Knows the Exact Year of the Largest Volcanic Eruption of Our Age

Scientists are hoping archaeology, carbon dating, and tree rings together can help solve the mystery.

by Sarah Laskow

August 16, 2018