Author Description

The Cycladic Islands in the Aegean Sea witnessed the birth of a Bronze Age civilization more than 4,000 years ago. In these tiny islands of marble and limestone there evolved one of the world's great art traditions, embodied in exquisite marble sculptures of the human form. Anyone who travels to the Cyclades today inevitably feels that the spirit of archaic Greece lives in the islands' blue waters, white villages, olive groves, and grain fields. This CD-ROM is a journey through time and space to these islands of eternal beauty. With it, the user can explore the distinctive features of each of the main islands; delve into the atoll's eventful history, from evidence of a prehistoric civilization through Classical Greece, the Byzantine period, the years of Turkish occupation, and modern times; and see how an archaeological site is excavated. A great civilization is brought to life in maps, drawings, photographs, and paintings.