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Monday, April 18, 2011
Byzantine Music
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia
Byzantine music (Greek: Βυζαντινή Μουσική) is the music of the Byzantine Empire composed to Greek texts as ceremonial, festival, or church music. Greek and foreign historians agree that the ecclesiastical tones and in general the whole system of Byzantine music is closely related to theancient Greek system. It remains the oldest genre of extant music, of which the manner of performance and (with increasing accuracy from the 5th century onwards) the names of the composers, and sometimes the particulars of each musical work's circumstances, are known.
Extent of Byzantine music culture vs. liturgical chant proper
The term Byzantine music is commonly associated with the medieval sacred chant of ChristianChurches following the Constantinopolitan Rite. The identification of "Byzantine music" with "Eastern Christian liturgical chant" is a misconception due to historical cultural reasons. Its main cause is the leading role of the Church as bearer of learning and official culture in the Eastern Roman Empire(Byzantium), a phenomenon that was not always that extreme but that was exacerbated towards the end of the empire's reign (14th century onwards) as great secular scholars migrated away from a declining Constantinople to rising western cities, bringing with them much of the learning that would spur the development of the European Renaissance. The shrinking of Greek-speaking official culture around a church nucleus was even more accentuated by political force when the official culture of the court changed after the capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Empire on May 29, 1453.
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More than 3,000 pages of Byzantine music in English written with this font package are available at:
Nektaria Karantzi -Greek Orthodox Christian Byzantine Music
Nektaria Karantzi (born 5 August 1978, in Greece) is a Byzantine and traditional singerfrom Greece.
Education
[edit]Legal studies
Nektaria Karantzi studied law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and also obtained a postgraduate degree in criminal law from the University of Athens.[1] She is currently a doctoral candidate in criminal law at the University of Athens.
[edit]Music
She holds a diploma in Byzantine music from the Byzantine School of Music, and has been taught by notable tutors, including Dimitris Verykios. She is currently in training, since 2003, for traditional singing by the renowned interpreter of traditional songs, Chronis Aidonidis. In addition, she has studied thepiano and Western musical theory, and has also had voice training under the tutelage of Thanos Petrakis and Dina Goudioti.[1
Musical career
Nektaria Karantzi teaches Byzantine music at the “Central Conservatoire” of Athens.[1] She has also begun collaborating with Chronis Aidonidis in concerts and recordings.
She has participated in a series of five tapes/CDs which include the chanting of Byzantine hymns, from the age of fourteen already accompanying the blessed Elder Porphyrios. She also collaborated with Chronis Aidonidis in the recording of two albums: When Paths Meet (a double CD) and He Was Grieved.
She is part of the development group of an internet musical community in Greece, www.musicheaven.gr and is a producer at a Greek radio station.[1]
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Christ has Risen - Xristos Anesti - Glykeria and choir / Chronis Aidonidis - Nektaria Karantzi - Greek Orthodox music
CHRONIS AIDONIDIS -NEKTARIA KARANTZI - Greek orthodox music
it is a hymn ortthodoxs say on good friday during easter in church..........we are supposed to be simulating what women sang to Jesus when He was dead....Greeks have the tradition to sing sad songs in funerals.....but that only happens in some small villages now...!
it is a hymn ortthodoxs say on good friday during easter in church..........we are supposed to be simulating what women sang to Jesus when He was dead....Greeks have the tradition to sing sad songs in funerals.....but that only happens in some small villages now...!
Friday, April 15, 2011
Vote Liberal Vote Shinder
The differences between liberals and conservatives run wide and deep, and a new study suggests they may even be reflected in the very structure of their brains.
In the study, led by Ryota Kanai of the University College London, people who identified themselves as liberals generally had a larger anterior cingulate cortex — a comma-shaped region near the front of the brain that is involved in decision-making. By contrast, those who identified as conservatives had larger amygdalas — almond-shaped structures that are linked with emotional learning and the processing of fear. (More on TIME.com: In Politics, It's Survival of the Fittest, Literally)
These structural differences, the authors suggest, support previous reports of differences in personality: liberals tend to be better at managing conflicting information, while conservatives are though to be better at recognizing threats, researchers said. "Previously, some psychological traits were known to be predictive of an individual's political orientation," said Kanai in a press release. "Our study now links such personality traits with specific brain structure."
For the study, Kanai and his colleagues asked 90 young adults to rank their political views on a five-point scale from very liberal to very conservative. Then, the volunteers underwent structural MRI scans, which revealed "substantial differences" in brain structure.
Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2011/04/08/liberal-vs-conservative-does-the-difference-lie-in-the-brain/#ixzz1Jf2aIw61
Shinder Purewal is running as a Liberal candidate
Shinder is an active community member and has worked with new immigrants on settlement issues.
He served as the director of Progressive Inter-Cultural Service Society in Surrey and International Peace Project in Ontario. He also worked as an advisor to the Employment Equity Directorate in British Columbia, specifically on the issue of foreign credentials for new immigrants. Currently, he works as a Volunteer Advisor with the community youth, and is also a motivational speaker.
Canada’s 41st federal general election will be held on Monday, May 2, 2011. The Elections Canada website (www.electionscanada.ca) outlines how and when Canadians can cast a ballot. All Canadian citizens who are at least 18 years old on election day are eligible to vote. People can vote on election day or on an advance voting day, on Friday, April 22, Saturday, April 23 or Monday, April 25. People can also vote by mail or in person at their local Elections Canada office by special ballot.
In the study, led by Ryota Kanai of the University College London, people who identified themselves as liberals generally had a larger anterior cingulate cortex — a comma-shaped region near the front of the brain that is involved in decision-making. By contrast, those who identified as conservatives had larger amygdalas — almond-shaped structures that are linked with emotional learning and the processing of fear. (More on TIME.com: In Politics, It's Survival of the Fittest, Literally)
These structural differences, the authors suggest, support previous reports of differences in personality: liberals tend to be better at managing conflicting information, while conservatives are though to be better at recognizing threats, researchers said. "Previously, some psychological traits were known to be predictive of an individual's political orientation," said Kanai in a press release. "Our study now links such personality traits with specific brain structure."
For the study, Kanai and his colleagues asked 90 young adults to rank their political views on a five-point scale from very liberal to very conservative. Then, the volunteers underwent structural MRI scans, which revealed "substantial differences" in brain structure.
Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2011/04/08/liberal-vs-conservative-does-the-difference-lie-in-the-brain/#ixzz1Jf2aIw61
Shinder Purewal is running as a Liberal candidate
Shinder is an active community member and has worked with new immigrants on settlement issues.
He served as the director of Progressive Inter-Cultural Service Society in Surrey and International Peace Project in Ontario. He also worked as an advisor to the Employment Equity Directorate in British Columbia, specifically on the issue of foreign credentials for new immigrants. Currently, he works as a Volunteer Advisor with the community youth, and is also a motivational speaker.
Canada’s 41st federal general election will be held on Monday, May 2, 2011. The Elections Canada website (www.electionscanada.ca) outlines how and when Canadians can cast a ballot. All Canadian citizens who are at least 18 years old on election day are eligible to vote. People can vote on election day or on an advance voting day, on Friday, April 22, Saturday, April 23 or Monday, April 25. People can also vote by mail or in person at their local Elections Canada office by special ballot.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Mediterraneo - 1992 Film
Filmed in the Greek Island in the Aegean Sea. The Island is called 'Megistis. (in Ancient Greek) or 'Kastellorizo' (Modern Greek).
The story takes place during the WWII when the island was held by Italy.
Tamama
A Interview with Greek author George Andreadis regarding the book "TAMAMA" one of the thousands of Orphans of Pontos and the creation of the Movie waiting for the clouds, based on his book..
WAITING FOR THE CLOUDS begins while the census clerks arrive early one morning int
the small port town of Trebolu. The streets remain empty and silent. Not everyone can
afford to be counted. Questions about one's past can open up too many wounds.
Ayse lives with her older and ailing sister Selma. Ayse, who never married, has dedicated her life to Selma since she became a widow many years ago. Their years of co-habitation have
created an intense bond between the two sisters. Ayse must now face the harsh reality that she will soon be alone. The mystery of Ayse's tragic past will be divulged through the curious eyes of a charming eight-year-old boy, Mehmet, who shares Ayse's profound loss at the death of Selma.
Ayse's tragedy begins as the unfortunate outcome of historical events: World War I and the fall of the Ottoman Empire brought about new nationalist waves in Turkey, thus creating
great tensions and conflicts between Greeks and Turks in the Black Sea region.
Waiting For The Glouds makes reference to the human pain of a nearly-forgotten historic incident. In the winter of 1916, the Ottoman Army evacuated the villages west of the recently Russian-occupied Trabzon. In what can be considered to be no less than ethnic cleansing operations, the Greek residents of several villages were pushed out of their homes in an unorganized and paranoid deportation effort.
Ayse's real identity is that of Eleni, the daughter of one of the evacuated Greek families.
When she was 10 years old, Eleni was forced to suffer a seemingly endless march southward through ice and snow with her mother, younger brother and infant sister.
After cold and starvation killed her mother and sister, Eleni bravely pushed on to save
herself and "Niko," her five-year-old brother.
Near death themselves upon their arrival at the outskirts of a faraway village, Eleni and Niko are taken in by a Turkish family. The trauma of young Eleni's brutal experience subsides through the loving bond she establishes with the teenaged Selma.
For some 50 years, Ayse has kept silent about her true identity to protect her status as Selma's sister. Now that her beloved Selma has passed away, Ayse suffers for the forgiveness of her long lost brother Niko.
In Waiting For The Clouds, Ayse's return to Greece will show proof of how irrational
political cruelty can psychologically and mentally displace human lives. Ayse was led to believe that status in Turkey was that of a foreigner. Although born in Turkey, she has
regarded Greece as her native country but she realizes that this was never the case at all,as she now sets foot in Greece for the first time. Waiting For The Clouds raises questions about "who we are" and "where we belong," as it digs deeper into the intrinsic universal
human feelings of love, guilt, fear and sharing.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Karsilamas - Smyrna Izmir - Georgia Mittaki
Karsilama 9/8 fusion of Romanes / Gypsy, Turkish, and Greek folkloric styles with American Tribal Style / ATS bellydance. The music is vintage 1930s from Istanbul.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia
Karsilamas is a Turkish folk dance spread all over Northwest Asia Minor and carried to Greece by Asia Minor refugees. The term "karsilamas" comes from the Turkish word "karsilama" meaning "face to face greeting"
The dance is still popular on Northwestern areas of Turkey, especially on wedding parties, festivals and so on, it also transformed itself into Zeybekikos dance in Greece. Name zeybekikos may be derived from another Asia Minor dance "zeybek" yet, the dance of zeybekikos as a form much more adopts Karsilama figures and creates mixed genre of dance in Modern Greece by having the Asia Minor figures from zeybek and karsilama.
Karsilamas is a couple dance that is still danced in what was the Ottoman Empire, from Persia to Serbia, and in the Macedonia and Thrace regions of Northern Greece.
Figures of the dance may vary from region to region but main theme is two people face each other, and music rythmically controls their next moves. Traditionally people dance without any figure on their minds, just figures they have seen from their elders.
The meter is 9/8, and the basic move is danced in four small steps with durations 2,2,2,3 respectively. The style and mood (bouncy, smooth, lively, etc.) vary depending on the region.
Rumeli Karşılaması, Trakya Karşılaması, Merzifon Karşılaması, Edirne Karşılaması, Gümülcine Karşılaması, Giresun Karşılaması, Taraklı Karşılaması, Bilecik Karşılaması, Old Karsilamas (Παληός Καρσιλαμάς), Pigi Karsilama(Πιγκί), Ayşe Karsilama (İskender boğazı)(Αϊσέ)(Η Αγάπη Είναι Καρφίτσα)(, Aptalikos Karsilamas (Απτάλικος),. Asia Minor Karsilamas (Melinos karsilamas
Smyrna, izmir
"Smyrna and its surroundings" The singer is Georgia Mittaki (Γεωργία Μυτάκη) - Composer: (Σταύρος Παντελίδης)
All pictures originate without exception from Smyrna. They reflect the multi-ethnical landscape, show importend buildings and sights of Smyrna before 1922. You also see the different quarters, parts and suburbs of the city, like "Karatas - Melantia", "Pagos - Kadifekale", "Göztepe - Enopi", "Karsiyaka - Kordelio", "Kokaryali", "Buca" and "Bornova - Bournobat".
The whole Greeks, Armenians and the most of Levantiner left the city 1922 and in the following years. Most Jews of Smyrna emigrated, after Israel was created.
To more information about the pictures and the cosmopolitical history of Smyrna please visit:
http://www.levantineheritage.com/index.htm
Arvanitaki singing a remake of " Argile mou giati Svinis "
http://mp3skull.com/mp3/karsilamas.html - listen here free - click play
Giwrgos Koros - Karsilamas
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia
Karsilamas is a Turkish folk dance spread all over Northwest Asia Minor and carried to Greece by Asia Minor refugees. The term "karsilamas" comes from the Turkish word "karsilama" meaning "face to face greeting"
The dance is still popular on Northwestern areas of Turkey, especially on wedding parties, festivals and so on, it also transformed itself into Zeybekikos dance in Greece. Name zeybekikos may be derived from another Asia Minor dance "zeybek" yet, the dance of zeybekikos as a form much more adopts Karsilama figures and creates mixed genre of dance in Modern Greece by having the Asia Minor figures from zeybek and karsilama.
Karsilamas is a couple dance that is still danced in what was the Ottoman Empire, from Persia to Serbia, and in the Macedonia and Thrace regions of Northern Greece.
Figures of the dance may vary from region to region but main theme is two people face each other, and music rythmically controls their next moves. Traditionally people dance without any figure on their minds, just figures they have seen from their elders.
The meter is 9/8, and the basic move is danced in four small steps with durations 2,2,2,3 respectively. The style and mood (bouncy, smooth, lively, etc.) vary depending on the region.
Rumeli Karşılaması, Trakya Karşılaması, Merzifon Karşılaması, Edirne Karşılaması, Gümülcine Karşılaması, Giresun Karşılaması, Taraklı Karşılaması, Bilecik Karşılaması, Old Karsilamas (Παληός Καρσιλαμάς), Pigi Karsilama(Πιγκί), Ayşe Karsilama (İskender boğazı)(Αϊσέ)(Η Αγάπη Είναι Καρφίτσα)(, Aptalikos Karsilamas (Απτάλικος),. Asia Minor Karsilamas (Melinos karsilamas
Smyrna, izmir
"Smyrna and its surroundings" The singer is Georgia Mittaki (Γεωργία Μυτάκη) - Composer: (Σταύρος Παντελίδης)
All pictures originate without exception from Smyrna. They reflect the multi-ethnical landscape, show importend buildings and sights of Smyrna before 1922. You also see the different quarters, parts and suburbs of the city, like "Karatas - Melantia", "Pagos - Kadifekale", "Göztepe - Enopi", "Karsiyaka - Kordelio", "Kokaryali", "Buca" and "Bornova - Bournobat".
The whole Greeks, Armenians and the most of Levantiner left the city 1922 and in the following years. Most Jews of Smyrna emigrated, after Israel was created.
To more information about the pictures and the cosmopolitical history of Smyrna please visit:
http://www.levantineheritage.com/index.htm
Arvanitaki singing a remake of " Argile mou giati Svinis "
http://mp3skull.com/mp3/karsilamas.html - listen here free - click play
Giwrgos Koros - Karsilamas
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Top 10 hotel pools
Santorini Grace's exquisite infinity pool is set on the hillside of Imerovigli and snakes around the cliff edge and over the lip of the island's famous volcanic caldera, offering perfect vistas across the ocean to Skaros rock, Thirasia, Palaia and Nea Kameni. The gorgeous 18-room boutique hotel (including 12 suites) from the stylish Grace Group opened in 2008 with soft-edge "Grand Design" architecture, cubist furnishings and whitewashed walls. The bedrooms are chic and cosy in shades of white and soft grey, with ample cushions, polished concrete floors, iPod docks and private terraces, where blissfully romantic dinners can be served for just US$6.60 (Dh24) in addition to the restaurant price. Tasteful black and white photographs balance out the vivid tones of the Mediterranean and its sunsets, which dapple the whole place salmon pink.
A double room with a plunge pool costs €425 (Dh2,120) per night, including breakfast, transfers and taxes. Children under 14 are not allowed. Visit www.santorinigrace.com
http://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/travel/top-10-hotel-pools-dive-into-decadence?pageCount=0
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Santorini Inspiration
http://www.suzannesealydesigns.com/?entry=1652
Available exclusively at LinenSource! Inspired by the Greek Isles, where azure waters and white stucco cottages create a dreamscape that encourages relaxation. This painterly quilt, with patches reminiscent of Mediterranean ceramic tiles, reverses to solid Aegean blue. Matching shams and a delicately embroidered accent pillow add layers of sunkissed luxury. 100% cotton. Machine washable. Imported.
Kokkinos Ouranos - Orpheas Avgoustidis
Official Trailer of new Layia's Yiourgou movie "Red Sky" with Apostolis Totsikas, Orpheas Avgoustidis, Pihla Viitala, Efstathia Tsapareli, Aggeliki Lemoni, Laertis Vasileiou, Altin Huta, Argiris Thanasoulas and others. This film is a production of the Greek Film Center, E.T. – National Television and Layia Yiourgou, while the executive producer is Protasis Film Productions. The film Distribution is made by Audio Visual Entertainment S.A.
Orpheas Avgoustidis, son of actors Mary Tzobanaki and Dinos Avgoustidis. Debuted in 2005 in the film "Loafing and Camouflage: Sirens in the Aegean Sea” directed by Nikos Perrakis.
Followed by the television series "Loafing and Camouflage” which was screened by NET season 2006/2007 and in which he starred as the soldier Yannis Papadopoulos. He has participated in the police television series for Alpha “10i Entoli” in the episode" Virtual Reality " where she starred alongside Danae Skiadi.
For the 2007/2008 season he starred in the romantic series for Alpha "I got red glasses” in which he portrayed the young teacher - Dimitri, who has a relationship with a woman 12 years older than him - Marianna (Evelina Papoulias) He performed in the Theater Diana, for a second season, the show "Night radio murder" with Helen Rantou and Basil Charalamopoulos.
For the 2008/2009 season he did a quadruple appearance in the following movies: starred with Akis Sakellariou and Faye Xila in the comic strip by Yiannis Xanthopoulos “All right"; appeared as a guest star in the remake of the 1959 classic Greek film "Ilias the 16th" directed by Nikos Zapatinas, starring Petros Filippidis. He co-starred with Basil Haralambopoulos in the movie "Bank Bang"directed by Argyris Papadimitropoulos, and "Dying for you" with Helen Rantou. In the same year he also starred in the theater show "The vrochopoios" directed by Helen Rantou at Theatre Diana and appeared in the juvenile series of Mega Channel "Agria Paidia” and the comic series "Seven deadly-mother-in-laws.Finally, in season 2010 - 2011 he is performing one of major roles in the series “To Nisi” (based on book of Victoria Hislop "The Island")
Movie Trailer
Orpheas Avgoustidis, son of actors Mary Tzobanaki and Dinos Avgoustidis. Debuted in 2005 in the film "Loafing and Camouflage: Sirens in the Aegean Sea” directed by Nikos Perrakis.
Followed by the television series "Loafing and Camouflage” which was screened by NET season 2006/2007 and in which he starred as the soldier Yannis Papadopoulos. He has participated in the police television series for Alpha “10i Entoli” in the episode" Virtual Reality " where she starred alongside Danae Skiadi.
For the 2007/2008 season he starred in the romantic series for Alpha "I got red glasses” in which he portrayed the young teacher - Dimitri, who has a relationship with a woman 12 years older than him - Marianna (Evelina Papoulias) He performed in the Theater Diana, for a second season, the show "Night radio murder" with Helen Rantou and Basil Charalamopoulos.
For the 2008/2009 season he did a quadruple appearance in the following movies: starred with Akis Sakellariou and Faye Xila in the comic strip by Yiannis Xanthopoulos “All right"; appeared as a guest star in the remake of the 1959 classic Greek film "Ilias the 16th" directed by Nikos Zapatinas, starring Petros Filippidis. He co-starred with Basil Haralambopoulos in the movie "Bank Bang"directed by Argyris Papadimitropoulos, and "Dying for you" with Helen Rantou. In the same year he also starred in the theater show "The vrochopoios" directed by Helen Rantou at Theatre Diana and appeared in the juvenile series of Mega Channel "Agria Paidia” and the comic series "Seven deadly-mother-in-laws.Finally, in season 2010 - 2011 he is performing one of major roles in the series “To Nisi” (based on book of Victoria Hislop "The Island")
Movie Trailer
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Orthodox Teachings and Podcasts
http://lent.goarch.org/sunday_of_the_cross/learn/
http://lent.goarch.org/sunday_of_the_cross/listen/
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Hymns chanted by Father Nicholas Kastanas
You will need Quicktime Player to listen to these hymns.
The commemoration and ceremonies of the Third Sunday of Lent are closely parallel to the feasts of the Veneration of the Cross (September 14) and the Procession of the Cross (August 1). Not only does the Sunday of the Holy Cross prepare us for commemoration of the Crucifixion, but it also reminds us that the whole of Lent is a period when we are crucified with Christ.
As we have “crucified the flesh with its passions and desires” (Galatians 5:24), and will have mortified ourselves during these forty days of the Fast, the precious and life-giving Cross is now placed before us to refresh our souls and encourage us who may be filled with a sense of bitterness, resentment, and depression. The Cross reminds us of the Passion of our Lord, and by presenting to us His example, it encourages us to follow Him in struggle and sacrifice, being refreshed, assured, and comforted. In other words, we must experience what the Lord experienced during His Passion - being humiliated in a shameful manner. The Cross teaches us that through pain and suffering we shall see the fulfillment of our hopes: the heavenly inheritance and eternal glory.
As they who walk on a long and hard way and are bowed down by fatigue find great relief and strengthening under the cool shade of a leafy tree, so do we find comfort, refreshment, and rejuvenation under the Life-giving Cross, which our Fathers “planted” on this Sunday. Thus, we are fortified and enabled to continue our Lenten journey with a light step, rested and encouraged.
Or, as before the arrival of the king, his royal standards, trophies, and emblems of victory come in procession and then the king himself appears in a triumphant parade, jubilant and rejoicing in his victory and filling those under him with joy, so does the Feast of the Cross precede the coming of our King, Jesus Christ. It warns us that He is about to proclaim His victory over death and appear to us in the glory of the Resurrection. His Life-Giving Cross is His royal scepter, and by venerating it we are filled with joy, rendering Him glory. Therefore, we become ready to welcome our King, who shall manifestly triumph over the powers of darkness.
http://lent.goarch.org/bulletins/documents/11x17_JourneyToPascha_1.0.pdf - Free Download - Daily guide through Holy Week
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Beautiful Santorini
http://www.santorini.net/
The present-day crescent shape of the island is a consequence of the activity of the volcano in prehistoric times feeding the myth of the lost Atlantis. Santorini is essentially what remains of an enormous volcanic explosion dated back 3,600 years and which created the current geological caldera; a giant central lagoon, more or less rectangular, and measuring about 12 by 7 km (7.5 by 4.3 mi), surrounded by 300 m (980 ft) high steep cliffs on three sides.
The mild activity of the volcano after this major eruption has built up two small islands within the caldera, Palea and Nea Kameni visited by hundreds of people everyday during the tourist season.
The impressive caldera dominates the west part of the island while the marvellous dry climate and the almost continuous sunshine create year-around conditions which are perfect for observation, photographs and videos under an extraordinary variety of natural lights and colours that give the visitor the exceptional advantage of reaching the interior of the volcano by boat.
http://ariannainteriors.blogspot.com/2010/08/santorini-luxury.html
The present-day crescent shape of the island is a consequence of the activity of the volcano in prehistoric times feeding the myth of the lost Atlantis. Santorini is essentially what remains of an enormous volcanic explosion dated back 3,600 years and which created the current geological caldera; a giant central lagoon, more or less rectangular, and measuring about 12 by 7 km (7.5 by 4.3 mi), surrounded by 300 m (980 ft) high steep cliffs on three sides.
The mild activity of the volcano after this major eruption has built up two small islands within the caldera, Palea and Nea Kameni visited by hundreds of people everyday during the tourist season.
The impressive caldera dominates the west part of the island while the marvellous dry climate and the almost continuous sunshine create year-around conditions which are perfect for observation, photographs and videos under an extraordinary variety of natural lights and colours that give the visitor the exceptional advantage of reaching the interior of the volcano by boat.
http://ariannainteriors.blogspot.com/2010/08/santorini-luxury.html
Sunrocks Hotel - on the Caldera
Perched on the cliffs of a caldera that was created after a volcanic explosion in 1624 BC, Sunrocks picturesque, sun bathed residences combine elegant simplicity with modern comfort.
DNA explodes Greek myth about women
Robin McKie, science editor
The Observer, Sunday June 1, 2008
Article history
Women in Ancient Greece were major power brokers in their own right, researchers have discovered, and often played key roles in running affairs of state. Until now it was thought they were treated little better than servants.
The discovery is part of an investigation by Manchester researchers into the founders of Mycenae, Europe's first great city-state and capital of King Agamemnon's domains.
'It was thought that in those days women were rated as little more than chattels in Ancient Greece,' said Professor Terry Brown, of the faculty of life sciences at Manchester University. 'Our work now suggests that notion is wrong.'
Mycenae is one of the most important and evocative archaeological sites in Europe. According to legend, Agamemnon led his armies from Mycenae to Troy to bring back Helen - the wife of his ally, Menelaus - who had run off with the Trojan prince Paris.
The citadel was first excavated in the 1870s by Heinrich Schliemann, who uncovered tombs containing crumbling bones draped with jewels and gold face masks. 'I have discovered the graves of Agamemnon, Eurymedon, and their companions, all slain at a banquet by Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthos,' he told the King of Greece.
In fact, the graves have since been dated and shown to be too old for those of Agamemnon. Nevertheless, Mycenae has since proved to be a treasure trove of archaeological riches. Most recently, these have involved scientists using a range of new techniques, including facial reconstruction work carried out by Manchester researchers John Prag and Richard Neave. They recreated the faces of seven individuals whose skeletons had been excavated at a circle of graves inside the citadel.
http://engforum.pravda.ru/index.php?/topic/143907-dna-explodes-greek-myth-about-women/
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