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Picture a bed frame incinerated by volcanic eruption\u2013 as follows\u2026.
\n $\"\"$ <\/a> A city that was once thriving was suddenly destroyed, just like Pompeii in A.D. 79. $\"\"$ <\/a> Suddenly, Akrotiri was no more. Here is an artist\u2019s rendering of one of the notable houses here. $\"\"$ <\/a> It looks almost like a school. And the climate was such that slaves would wear little or nothing, this one bringing a bowl of water or wine\u2026.
\n $\"\"$ <\/a> $\"\"$ <\/a> $\"\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n

All that hard work of storing water, all that hard working of building houses, brought to naught in no time at all\u2026..Akrotiri was no more. $\"\"$ <\/a> $\"\"$ <\/a> $\"\"$ <\/a> $\"\"$ <\/a> $\"\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n

Jesus said don\u2019t build your house on sand, but in this case, the cautionary tale is\u2014 don\u2019t live on a volcanic island! The ancients did not listen, but we who know so much more about volcanoes, still don\u2019t listen. As you\u2019ll see in the next post, Santorini is a thriving tourist trap!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"