Power of fire harnessed for ancient Thera’s daily needs A priestess at Akrotiri carries a censer. During the Bronze Age, the island’s inhabitants used fire to take care of daily needs, from nutrition to ceremonial acts. By Iota Sykka - Kathimerini For eons, fire has been a source of fascination for all cultures. During the Bronze Age, the inhabitants of the island of Thera (Santorini) had not only harnessed its power, but used it to solve many of their daily needs, according to Professor Christos Doumas, who addressed a gathering of the Archaeological Society this week on the way fire...