Knossos is a Bronze Age archaeological site in Crete. The site was a major center of the Minoan civilization and is known for its…
Phaistos, also transliterated as Phaestos, Festos and Latin Phaestus, is a Bronze Age archaeological site at modern Faistos, a municipality…
Gortyna was a town of ancient Crete which appears in the Homeric poems under the form of Γορτύν; but afterwards became usually Gortyna.
Gournia is the site of a Minoan palace complex on the island of Crete, Greece, excavated in the early 20th century by the American…
Malia or Mallia is a coastal town and a former municipality in the northeast corner of the Heraklion regional unit in Crete, Greece.
Aptera or Apteron was an ancient city, now an archaeological site in western Crete, a kilometre inland from the southern shore of Souda Bay…
Lato was an ancient city of Crete, the ruins of which are located approximately 3 km from the village of Kritsa.
Lyctus or Lyttos, was one of the most considerable cities in ancient Crete, which appears in the Homeric catalogue.
Hagia Triada is a Minoan archaeological site in Crete. The site includes the remains of an extensive settlement as well as a large structure…
Armeni is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan cemetery on Crete, roughly eight kilometers south of the modern town of Rethymnon.
Zakros is a Minoan archaeological site on the eastern coast of Crete in Lasithi, Greece.
Anemospilia is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan temple on Crete.
Karfi is an archaeological site high up in the Dikti Mountains in eastern Crete, Greece.
Achladia is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan villa on eastern Crete.
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