<P> Jacobovici's assertions in The Exodus Decoded have been extensively criticized by religious and other scholars . In a 2013 book on this connection, Thera and the Exodus, a dissident from the consensus Riaan Booysen, tries to support Jacobovici's theory and claims the pharaoh of the Exodus to be Amenhotep III and the biblical Moses as Crown Prince Thutmose, Amenhotep's first - born son and heir to his throne . </P> <P> Archaeological, seismological, and vulcanological evidence has been presented linking the Atlantis myth to Santorini . Speculation suggesting that Thera / Santorini was the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis began with the excavation of Akrotiri in the 1960s, and gained increased currency as reconstructions of the island's pre-eruption shape and landscape frescos located under the ash both strongly resembled Plato's description . The possibility has been more recently popularized by television documentaries such as The History Channel programme Lost Worlds (episode "Atlantis"), the Discovery Channel's Solving History with Olly Steeds, and the BBC's Atlantis, The Evidence, which suggests that Thera is Plato's Atlantis . </P> <P> Post-Minoan eruptive activity is concentrated on the Kameni islands, in the centre of the lagoon . They have been formed since the Minoan eruption, and the first of them broke the surface of the sea in 197 BC Nine subaerial eruptions are recorded in the historical record since that time, with the most recent ending in 1950 . </P> <P> In 1707 an undersea volcano breached the sea surface, forming the current centre of activity at Nea Kameni in the centre of the lagoon, and eruptions centred on it continue--the twentieth century saw three such, the last in 1950 . Santorini was also struck by a devastating earthquake in 1956 . Although the volcano is dormant at the present time, at the current active crater (there are several former craters on Nea Kameni), steam and carbon dioxide are given off . </P>

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