Formerly, it was a promontory of Keros, but is now a tiny islet because of sea level rise.

[1] The islet is believed to have been a religious center with numerous shrines and votive offerings, including intentionally broken statues, 1,500 imported stone disks, and 700 imported white pebbles.

[2] Excavation by the Cambridge Keros Project, a joint endeavour of the University of Cambridge, the Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades, and the Cyprus Institute,[1] in 2008 revealed a large Bronze Age settlement and ten years later researchers from the university found evidence of advanced metalworking workshops there, dating from 2500 BCE.

[3] The lower levels featured a complex drainage system of water conduits, among the oldest in Europe.

Plant remains in soil samples included grapes, olives, figs, almonds, emmer wheat and barley, likely imported from more arable locations.