History

During the Early Cycladic Period (3rd millennium BC), Amorgos was one of the mort important Aegean cultural centres. It had more than 12 fortified acropolises on hilltops and capes (Markiani was the chief one), as well as cemeteries (Dokathismata, Kapsala).

Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-5367-1, 2009 EGU General Assembly 2009 © Author(s) 2009 Investigations of historical seismograms of the 1956 Amorgos-Santorini earthquake (Greece, Ms=7.4) A. Brüstle, T. Meier, and W. Friederich Institute of Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany (bruestle@geophysik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de) The digitization of historical seismograms allows to gain new information about important earthquakes that occurred in the first part of the 20th century. ...

Iconographically, the coins of both Minoa and Arkesine are influenced by the cult of Dionysos. They depict the head of the god wearing...