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Floods, earthquakes, movements of human groups, establishment of new cities and anti-flood works in Ialyssos
The Architectural and Cultural Heritage Association of Rhodes invites you to the speech of the archaeologist Ms. Stamatias Marketou entitled: “Collective works in the Bronze Age: From the end of the 3rd millennium BC. until 1400 BC Floods, earthquakes, movements of human groups, establishment of new cities and anti-flood works in Ialyssos”, on Friday February 9, 2024 at 19:00.
In her lecture, Mrs. Stamatia Marketou will present the chronicle of the technical works of the inhabitants of prehistoric Ialyssos Rhodes, which they designed and produced collectively, in their attempt to tame the power of violent natural phenomena.
The prehistoric inhabitants of Ialyssos were often faced with major natural disasters, floods and earthquakes, which can be traced back to the end of the 3rd millennium BC. and continue until the Mycenaean period, around 1400 BC. Terrifying were the effects of the fall of volcanic ash from the eruption of the Thera volcano, which destroyed forever the great city of Akrotiri, around 1630/1610 BC.
Moments of the collective memory from these great catastrophes of prehistoric times passed into the realm of myth, through the mist of which they are captured in the fifth book of Diodorus Siculus, the historian from Agyrio, Sicily (80-20 BC) and deciphered through the excavation layers of the rescue excavations of the area.
This excavation information has left material remains that are exhibited in the Prehistoric Collection of the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes. Their study interprets the movements of the population from the lowlands to the highlands, the selection of new places and the definitive abandonment of our once brilliant prehistoric city, while it describes in a wonderful way the collective works of people in a titanic effort not only to survive but to live and to save their settlement, through great anti-flooding projects, which in several cases would be the envy of the modern inhabitants of the island.
Mrs. Marketou’s speech was presented for the first time last January in Athens, as part of the series of presentations of the Association of Greek Archaeologists “Tours with the Archaeological Service”. This Friday we will have the opportunity to enjoy it in Rhodes, at the Accommodation of England (Museum Square, Medieval City), but also online, as the event will also be broadcast live from our Association’s Facebook page.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
The president
Nektaria Dasaklis