Lightning strikes (Θάρθεις σάν αστραπή) Composed arranged produced & performed by Stamatis Spanoudakis Lyrics: Stamatis Spanoudakis Choir: Dionysis Apostolatos From the CD "Marble king" Directed by Τasos Birsim at Herodus Atticus theater 1998 Edited by Niikolas Economidis LIGHTNING STRIKES (Translated by Ion Stamboulis) Lightning strikes when you're near joy for all when you're here earth and sea and all of the sky 'neath your watchful eye I will be dressed in white just to hold you so tight you're the light and I am the heart never shall we part King of Kings help the King help the King Mercy mercy Oh Heavenly Father Constantinos Dragatsis Paleologos Emperor of Romans with the Grace of God At-the-Saint Romanus gate Gallantly riding his white leg-ged mare Mercy mercy for the four times "beta" Marmaras Bosphorus and Black Tuesday Shudder oh Sun cry mother earth The city has fallen the city has fallen The capital and the golden gate And the purple-born at the Red Apple Tree The city was the honest sword The city was the spear The city was the secret key To all of Romania Patience dear Lady No need for tears And be sure that when they're due They'll be yours again From Romans gate you did go where you went I don't know an Angel will return with you when the time is due In the church we will be hand in hand you and me joined in voices that shall be free together we will be Constantinos Dragatsis Paleologos P&C Stamatis Spanoudakis ▶ Available on iTunes ▶ Available on CdBaby ▶ Available on Facebook ▶ WebSite: http://www.stamatisspanoudakis.com

Μία από τις αρχαιότερες βυθισμένες πόλειςλίγα λεπτά από την Παντάνασσα στα Νότια της Λακωνίας αναδημιουργήθηκε ψηφιακά αξιοποιώντας τις δυνατότητες της τεχνολογίας. Ένα λιμάνι σπίτια με κήπους ρούχα απλωμένα στις αυλές δρόμοι και πλατείες συνθέτουν μία πόλη με στοιχεία από τον αστικό τρόπο ζωής. Μόνο που εδώ μιλάμε για την εποχή του Χαλκού!το Παυλοπέτρι ήταν μια πόλη με άριστη ρυμοτομία που περιλάμβανε ένα πολύ καλά κατασκευασμένο οδικό δίκτυο. Ανεξάρτητες και μη οικίες μέχρι και δύο ορόφων συνυπήρχαν με δημόσια κτίρια. Αυτό που εντυπωσιάζει είναι το πολύπλοκο σύστημα διαχείρισης του νερού που σύμφωνα με τα ευρύματα περιλάμβανε κανάλια και υδρορροές."Δεν υπάρχει αμφιβολία ότι πρόκειται για την αρχαιότερη βυθισμένη πόλη του κόσμου" δήλωσε ο Δρ. Τζον Χέντερσον καθηγητής υποθαλάσσιας αρχαιολογίας του πανεπιστημίου του Νότινγχαμ.Αυτά που ανακάλυψαν ξεπέρασαν κάθε προσδοκία. Βρήκαν μια πόλη με κτίρια πλατείες δρόμους και μνημεία. Ο βυθός είναι γεμάτος με διασκορπισμένα αγγεία. Στην ίδια περιοχή εντοπίστηκε μεγάλο κτίριο μήκους 35 μέτρων που μάλλον αποτελούσε έδρα και κατοικία της πολιτικής ηγεσίας της πόλης.Οι επιστήμονες προσπαθούν να βρουν την απάντηση στο ερώτημα γιατί βυθίσθηκε η πόλη. Υπάρχουν τρεις θεωρίες. Η πρώτη είναι ότι ανέβηκε σταδιακά η στάθμη της θάλασσας η δεύτερη ότιυποχώρησε το έδαφος και η τρίτη ότι βυθίσθηκε από τσουνάμι. The city of Pavlopetri underwater off the coast of southern Laconia in Peloponnese Greece is about 5000 years old and is the oldest submerged archeological town site. It is unique in having an almost complete town plan including streets buildings and tombs. It was discovered in 1967 by Nicholas Flemming and mapped in 1968 by a team of archaeologists from Cambridge. The name Pavlopetri ("Paul's and Peter's" or "Paul's stone") is the modern name for the islet and beach apparently named for the two Christian saints that are celebrated together; the ancient name or names are unknown. It has at least 15 buildings submerged in 3 to 4 metres (9.8--13 ft) of water. The newest discoveries in 2009 alone cover 9000 m2 (2.2 acres). Earlier the ruins were dated to the Mycenaean period 1600-1100 BC. Later studies showed an older occupation date starting no later than 2800 BC so it also includes early Bronze Age middle Minoan and transitional material. It is now believed that the town was submerged around 1000 BC. The area never reemerged so it was neither built-over nor disrupted by agriculture. Although eroded over the centuries the town layout is as it was thousands of years ago. The site is under threat of damage by boats dragging anchors as well as by tourists and souvenir hunters. The fieldwork of 2009 was largely to map the site. It is the first submerged town digitally surveyed in three dimensions. Sonar mapping techniques developed by military and oil prospecting organizations have aided recent work. As of October 2009 four more fieldwork sessions are planned also in collaboration with the Greek government as a joint project. Those sessions will do excavations. Also working alongside the archaeologists (from the University of Nottingham) are a team from the Australian Centre for Field Robotics who aim to take underwater archaeology into the 21st century. They have developed several unique robots to survey the site in various ways. One of the results of the survey was to establish that the town was the centre of a thriving textile industry (from the many loom weights found in the site). Also many large pitharis pots (from Crete) were excavated also indicating a major trading port.