 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakati pa1935 na1939, mucherekedzi wechiGiriki Spyridon Marinatos akakarakadza kuputika kweMinoandzidziso. Kuputika pachitsuwa cheThera zuva ranhasi Santorini, chinenge kubva kuKrete, kwakaitika munguva yeLM IA 15501500 BC. Imwe yokuputika kukuru zvikurusa kwemakomo munhau yakanyorwa, yakabudisa zvinhu zvinenge 300 uye yakayerwa pa 7 paVolcanic Explosivity Index. Kuputika kwacho kwakaparadza musha weMinoan waiva pedyo weAkrotiri paSantorini, uyo wakanga wakavharwa nomupumburu wepumice. 