1. Greece

2. Thessaloniki Athens Crete

3. “ “ Toomba,” Thessaloniki, northern Greece

4. Thera (Santorini) Crête (Kriti) Athens Aegean Sea

5. Crête

6. The Bronze Age Minoan Civilization lasted 19 centuries without war Its demise began with the eruption of Thera, ~150 BC, and its associated tsunami and climate change, which weakened the society until it was over-run by invaders

8. Knossos, Crete Seat of the Minoan Empire

10. Knossos, Crête 2 nd disaster: Sir Arthur Evans. Evans “excavated” Knossos, the buildings of which were made of alabaster (metamorphosed gypsum). His concrete dissolved the alabaster.

11. Alabaster: metamorphosed gypsum, a carbonate of calcium

13. AD 450: Greek civil code, Gortyn Crête

17. Minoan Bronze Aged Phaistos Disc, 400 BC fired clay Phaistos southern Crête, Iraklion Museum TED Talk on the disc, the first CD Rom TED Talk on the disc, the first CD Rom

18. Phaistos, Crête

19. Your country is a golden dream to me.

20. Thera (Santorini) Crête (Kriti) Athens Aegean Sea

21. Thera-Santorini

22. One of 13 villages on Santorini

24. Akrotiri, Santorini

25. Frescoes at Akrotiri

26. One of 365 Greek Orthodox Churches on Santorini

27. Santorini’s ‘bird’s nest’ vineyards

28. Athens, Greece, Peleponese, Corinth Canal (circled)

29. Corinth Canal between Athens and the Peloponese

30. Hills of Athens

34. Nashville, TN

35. Corfu

42. Italy

43. Greek horses stolen from Delphi, in the Duomo, Venice, Italy

50. Pompeii, Italy with Mt. Vesuvius

57. Stopped Stopped

59. Michelangelo's Moses In the church of San Pietro Vincoli, on the Esquiline in Rome

61. Vatican City, ~21 mi 2

63. Michelangelo's Pieta, St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican

64. Venice

68. Tuscany