Cycladic Plumbing at Akrotiri

Akrotiri is a prehistoric settlement of the Cycladic culture along the southern shore of Thira, commonly called Santorini, the southernmost of the Cycladic islands in the Aegean sea. The settlement was abandoned shortly before the catastrophic Thira Eruption around 1600 BCE. The city was preserved by being buried in ash, much like Pompeii was some 17 centuries later. You can visit the site and see…