• Kephala is a hill landform in northern Crete, Greece. This location was chosen by ancient settlers for the site of the Palace of Knossos; the footprint...
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    Kephala, Kea is a Late/Final Neolithic settlement on the Greek island of Kea. It is located on a rocky promontory, in the northern part of Kea. The Final...
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    Aegina seem to be related to Kephala. The Final Neolithic Period in southern Greece is known as Attica-Kephala culture. Kephala has been recently dated to...
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    Constantine Kephalas (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Κεφαλᾶς) was a Byzantine scholar known as the compiler of the Greek Anthology. His life is almost entirely unknown...
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    water to Kephala hill from springs at Archanes, about 10 km away. Springs there are the source of the Kairatos river, in the valley in which Kephala is located...
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  • University Press, 2010) online Archived 2020-08-01 at the Wayback Machine Kephala, Euphrosyne. The Church of the Greek People Past and Present (1930) Latourette...
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    include Chalandriani, Phylakopi, Skarkos, Saliagos, Amorgos, Naxos and Kephala (on Kea), which showed signs of copper-working. Early Cycladic culture...
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    Excavated sites include Chalandriani, Phylakopi, Skarkos, Saliagos and Kephala (on Kea) with signs of copperworking, Each of the small Cycladic islands...
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  • Konstantinos Kefalas (born 1890, date of death unknown) was a Greek sports shooter. He competed in six events at the 1920 Summer Olympics. "Konstantinos...
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    saint. His feast day is celebrated every year on 9 November. Anastasios Kephalas (Greek: Αναστάσιος Κεφαλάς), later Nectarios, was born on 1 October 1846...
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    Churches (1908) online Fortescue, Adrian. The Orthodox Eastern Church (1929) Kephala, Euphrosyne. The Church of the Greek People Past and Present (1930) Latourette...
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    "Commander Kephalas plants the flag of Liberty upon the walls of Tripolizza" (Siege of Tripolitsa) by Peter von Hess....
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    "Commander Panagiotis Kephalas plants the flag of liberty upon the walls of Tripolizza", Siege of Tripolitsa, by Peter von Hess....
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    Korphi tou Mare Xykephalo Vigla (also Viglos) Zou Prinias Plagia Etiani Kephala Modi Thylakas Maza Karfi Iouktas is probably the earliest of the peak sanctuaries...
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    his own money at first, and by 1896 the fund had purchased one-fourth of Kephala Hill, on which the ruins were located, with first option to buy the rest...
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    (then later Minoan) sites. Other neolithic settlements include those at Kephala, Magasa, and Trapeza. During the Bronze Age, Crete was the centre of the...
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    the west of the site revealed Middle Minoan tomb enclosures at Pezoules Kephala. Two enclosures were excavated, one a single tomb and one a multi-chambered...
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    seized by the Seljuk Turks, but was recovered in 1086 AD, in which year Leo Kephalas was appointed katepano of Abydos. Abydos' population likely increased at...
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    resumed his legal studies. The initial excavation began in 1877 on the Kephala Hill, followed by full-scale excavations in 1878 which revealed the first...
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    is now dated around 4500–4000 BC. Strofilas was related to the "Attica-Kephala" culture, coinciding with the beginning of the Cycladic culture of the...
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    Commander Panagiotis Kephalas raising the Maniot flag in Tripoli (Tripolitsa), the capital of Arcadia, after the successful siege....
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    inhabited places are the islet of Saliagos between Paros and Antiparos, Kephala, Kea, and perhaps the oldest strata are those at Grotta on Naxos. They...
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  • island of Crete in Greece. In the Minoan era, aqueducts diverted water to Kephala hill from spring water sources at Archanes, which springs are the headwaters...
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    several buildings associated with the Minoans. The site, located at Galatas Kephala, some 30 km south of Heraklion, and near the modern village of Galatas...
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    version, in December 1878 Kalokairinos conducted the first excavations at Kephala Hill, which brought to light part of the storage magazines in the west...
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  • Kavousi, Gazi, Kannia, Myrtos, Haghida Triada,Kommos Kharpi, Katsamba, and Kephala Khondrou. The variety of sites that snake tubes have been discovered at...
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    Library in Heidelberg. It is based on the lost collection of Constantine Kephalas of the 10th century, which in turn is based on older anthologies. It contains...
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    Sapouna-Sakellarakis. In the Minoan era, aqueducts delivered water to Kephala Hill from spring water sources at Archanes, which are also the source of...
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    hill near the end of the gorge's mouth, and with Kavousi and Vasiliki-Kephala, it forms a triad of important sites from this period. A number of ruins...
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    Dupré's depiction of Greek irregulars hoisting the flag at Salona Panagiotis Kephalas plants the flag of liberty upon the walls of Tripolizza (Siege of Tripolitsa)"...
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