ATHENS, GREECE—According to The Greek Reporter, archaeologists led by Christos Doumas have uncovered objects at the site of Akrotiri thought to have been in use in the sixteenth century B.C., when a volcano erupted and buried the Minoan Bronze Age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini under ash. The artifacts include clothing, burned fruit, black-and-white painted pottery, painted pottery made in the shape of shells, large double braids made of bronze, and necklace beads. The researchers also discovered an ink inscription written in Linear A syllables and an ideogram on an object thought to be related to the use of a building uncovered during the excavations. To read about a Minoan building recently unearthed on the island of Crete, go to "Cretan Coastal Rites."
