Neat, I’ll have to look in that. I’m always interested in ancient history.
Reminds of ancient history that references the Minoan Eruption … which is associated with the Bronze Age collapse. I’m just an armchair historian and I remember reading about it years ago.
The interesting part is that Santorini Island was the source of the eruption and it is in the headlines right now with continuous earthquakes that suggest that it may be ready to blow up again. The last time it blew, it was known as one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recorded human history. It basically wiped out the Minoan civilization which was thriving at the time and set the historic clock back a few hundred years in human civilization.
I had the chance to go on a cruise visit to Santorini Island with some friends of mine a few years ago. As we stood on the cliff side village of Fera and looked at the islands below, my friend who is a well read history buff described to us that the islands we were standing on, as big as they were, was like the rim of a loaded shotgun that could be triggered to fire at any given moment. He pointed out how all the island made a ring, that was the rim of the barrel and then pointed at the big island in the middle and said that if anyone ever sees that island sink suddenly, then everyone that stood there and saw it would be dead within the hour.
That podcast covers all sorts of ancient civilizations and why/how they vanished. It’s easily my favorite podcast I’ve ever listened to. His episode on Rapu Nui (Easter Island) is especially good (and tragic). Only 1 or 2 episodes are created a year.
I’m jealous of your visit to Santorini. I’ve yet to make it to the Mediterranean.
It’s amazing to learn all this history and then go to visit the locations you read about. It was always a dream of mine to see the Mediterranean.
I’m also not wealthy so the traveling we did to these places was always on a very tight small budget.
Go to a website called vacationstogo.com … once there register a basic account with just an email so that you can link to a page on their site called “30 day ticker” where you’ll find a huge listing of discounted cruises from everywhere in the world, including the Mediterranean.
With airlines, last minute flights are discounted by the last few days or a week before they leave. Cruises are discounted a month or two before they leave because the companies want to fill the boat even if people are paying the bare minimum. And most people are not willing to risk booking a cruise within 30 days because they have to plan for it. We never cared and just booked whatever we could find.
The two week cruise we were on to visit Santorini started in Rome and I think we paid about $500-$600 CAD for the all inclusive trip. We met other Canadians on the same trip that had booked a year ahead and paid $10,000!!
Last minute prices for cruises, I wouldn’t go any other way.
There’s a spectacular podcast that covers this part of history:
Fall of Civilizations Podcast - 2. The Bronze Age Collapse - Mediterranean Apocalypse
https://youtu.be/B965f8AcNbw
Neat, I’ll have to look in that. I’m always interested in ancient history.
Reminds of ancient history that references the Minoan Eruption … which is associated with the Bronze Age collapse. I’m just an armchair historian and I remember reading about it years ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_eruption
The interesting part is that Santorini Island was the source of the eruption and it is in the headlines right now with continuous earthquakes that suggest that it may be ready to blow up again. The last time it blew, it was known as one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recorded human history. It basically wiped out the Minoan civilization which was thriving at the time and set the historic clock back a few hundred years in human civilization.
I had the chance to go on a cruise visit to Santorini Island with some friends of mine a few years ago. As we stood on the cliff side village of Fera and looked at the islands below, my friend who is a well read history buff described to us that the islands we were standing on, as big as they were, was like the rim of a loaded shotgun that could be triggered to fire at any given moment. He pointed out how all the island made a ring, that was the rim of the barrel and then pointed at the big island in the middle and said that if anyone ever sees that island sink suddenly, then everyone that stood there and saw it would be dead within the hour.
Beautiful place though.
That podcast covers all sorts of ancient civilizations and why/how they vanished. It’s easily my favorite podcast I’ve ever listened to. His episode on Rapu Nui (Easter Island) is especially good (and tragic). Only 1 or 2 episodes are created a year.
I’m jealous of your visit to Santorini. I’ve yet to make it to the Mediterranean.
It’s amazing to learn all this history and then go to visit the locations you read about. It was always a dream of mine to see the Mediterranean.
I’m also not wealthy so the traveling we did to these places was always on a very tight small budget.
Go to a website called vacationstogo.com … once there register a basic account with just an email so that you can link to a page on their site called “30 day ticker” where you’ll find a huge listing of discounted cruises from everywhere in the world, including the Mediterranean.
With airlines, last minute flights are discounted by the last few days or a week before they leave. Cruises are discounted a month or two before they leave because the companies want to fill the boat even if people are paying the bare minimum. And most people are not willing to risk booking a cruise within 30 days because they have to plan for it. We never cared and just booked whatever we could find.
The two week cruise we were on to visit Santorini started in Rome and I think we paid about $500-$600 CAD for the all inclusive trip. We met other Canadians on the same trip that had booked a year ahead and paid $10,000!!
Last minute prices for cruises, I wouldn’t go any other way.
That’s a great podcasts! Might only release one or two episodes per year, but they are bangers!