1613 BC. A gigantic volcano in the Aegean Sea stirs from its fifteen thousand year slumber, and violently erupts; tearing apart an entire island, and ultimately triggering the end of Europe’s first great civilisation – the Minoans.
In doing so, a legend was born – Atlantis. Minoan society was the cradle of Western civilisation, predating classical Greece by a thousand years. A growing number of scientists now believe that the Minoans and the Thera eruption provided the historical inspiration for the legend of Atlantis.
Rooted in the latest archaeological evidence, this drama follows the story of that eruption, as seen through the eyes of the Minoan people – all brought to life, for the first time ever, in a major landmark production.
Experience the disaster in never-before-seen immediacy, through the eyes of five main protagonists, right up to their last moments – from the precursory earthquakes through the eruption sequence to the pyroclastic flows and tsunamis.
This is the closest anyone will ever get to one of the greatest natural disasters of all time.
Released 13 March, 2011. 60 min. TV drama documentary.
