Marinatos discovered Akrotiri in the 1960s buried below tens of feet of ash and continued excavating here. He died of a stroke tragically while working on the site.
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Spyridon Marinatos
Spyridon Nikolaou Marinatos (Greek: Σπυρίδων Νικολάου Μαρινᾶτος, November 4, 1901 – October 1, 1974) was a Greekarchaeologist.