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...that what may be a completely intact Minoan city was unearthed recently on the Aegean island of Thera, now called Santorin. The discovery could well substantiate the most intriguing of all Atlantis theories-that Plato was right but simply mislocated Atlantis, which was actually an island kingdom comprising Thera, Crete and other Aegean islands...
...proposed in 1960 by University of Athens Seismologist Anghelos Galanopoulos, who believes that Plato misread by a factor of 10 the dimensions of Atlantis and the date of its destruction given in an Egyptian manuscript. Dividing by 10, Galanopoulos came up with an area roughly encompassing Thera and Crete; similarly reducing Platos date to 900 years before Solon, he moved the destruction of Atlantis forward to about 1490 B. C. At about that time, a well-documented volcanic eruption plunged large portions of Thera into the sea, rained lethal vapors and debris on Crete 75 miles to the south...
...Labyrinth pavilion the theme is handled by Canada's prize winning National Film Board with solemnity and skill. In the vaulted chambers of a windowless, five-story building, the viewer follows a restatement of the Greek myth of Theseus, who entered a labyrinth on the island of Crete to slay the monstrous Minotaur. In the pavilion the labyrinth is evoked by a series of eerie corridors and chambers, including one auditorium where audiences peer down from galleries on a swimming pool-sized screen. At the same time, an oblong screen, 38 ft. high, confronts them at eye level. Sometimes...
Litton has been asked to plan and largely supervise an $830 million program to develop tourism, industry and agriculture in the western Peloponnesus and on Zorba's own picturesque island of Crete. A contract signed last month makes Litton the consultant and fund raiser for the first $240 million and 3½ years of the program, with management of subsequent projects to be decided later...
...Crete, Litton's plan includes raising tourist capacity from 60,000 to 620,000 people, irrigating 60,000 acres of the Messara Plain, developing mines and industry so as to increase employment by 72%. In the western Peloponnesus, Litton proposes that Greece increase the number of hotel beds from 1,000 to 50,000, build three new airports, develop five industrial centers and five harbors, and transform Olympia into some sort of Greek Disneyland...