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'''Spyridon Nikolaou Marinatos''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: ''Σπυρίδων Νικολάου Μαρινάτος'', [[November 4]], [[1901]] – [[October 1]], [[1974]]) was one of the premier [[Greeks|Greek]] archaeologists of the [[20th century]]. His most notable discovery was the site of [[Akrotiri]], a [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] port city on the island of [[Santorini|Thera]], which was simultaneously destroyed and preserved by a massive volcanic eruption (ca [[1650 BC|1650]]-[[1600 BC|1600]] BC) spawning the myth of [[Atlantis]]. Marinatos began excavations in [[1967]] and died at the site in 1974, after suffering a massive stroke.

Marinatos was director-general of antiquities for the Greek Ministry of Culture during the autocratic rule of the colonels. The acquaintance he cultivated with the colonels who were in power in Greece, especially the widely-despised [[Georgios Papadopoulos]], opened bureaucratic doors for him, but created controversy among his academic peers.

His ''Crete and Mycenae'' ([[1960]]) was originally published in [[Greek language|Greek]], in [[1959]].
His summing-up of the excavations on Santorini is "Life and Art in Prehistoric Thera," ''Proceedings of the British Academy'', vol. 57 ([[1972]]).

==Archaeological Sites==
Marinatos was responsible for excavations at:
* [[Amnisos]]
* [[Thera]]
* [[Vathypetro]]

==External links==
*[http://www.travel-to-santorini.com/place.php?place_id=40 Archaeological site of Akrotiri Thera]:

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