Here is an ancient culture that tells us not only a great story about human endeavor, but also a story about the power of nature to affect, and even destroy, a civilization. As splendid as the world of Thera was, it had the misfortune to arise in the shadow of one of Earth's mightiest volcanoes. The fate of Thera so impressed the ancients that it may have given rise to one of humanity's most enduring myths, the lost world of Atlantis.
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