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    Tsipopoulou began excavations at Petras in 1985. The main building, which was two stories when it stood, is 2800 square meters. Petras has a drainage system, double...
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    Knossos, Malia (not to be confused with the town of the same name), Zakros, Petras and Phaistos, the classical site of Gortys, and the diverse archaeology...
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    Church of Crete (Greek: Εκκλησία της Κρήτης) is an Eastern Orthodox church, comprising the island of Crete in Greece. The Church of Crete is semi-autonomous...
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  • the eastern part of ancient Crete, near ancient Praesus. Its site is tentatively located near the modern Trypitos, Petras. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000)...
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    Sitia (category Municipalities of Crete)
    The settlement of the town dates to pre-Minoan times. Excavations in the Petras neighbourhood have found architectural remains from the end of the Neolithic...
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  • Panagiotis Petras (Greek: Παναγιώτης Πετράς; born 14 November 1983) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Panagiotis Petras at...
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  • Metropolitan Cornelius of Petra (né Emmanuel Rodousakis; 6 March 1936 – 14 May 2023) was a Greek senior bishop of the Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of...
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    working from Kephala Petras (Crete),93 and possibly contemporary copper artefacts from Chrysokamino [near Kavousi in eastern Crete].94" The ancient community...
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    as those from the Petras deposit, have been published since then. A four sided prism was found in 2011 at Vrysinas in western Crete. These inscriptions...
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  • The Battle of Petra was the final battle fought in the Greek War of Independence. By the summer of 1829, the Peloponnese, parts of Central Greece and...
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    Minoan palaces (category Prehistoric Crete)
    and 'non-Palatial' is often a matter of degree." Monumental buildings at Petras, Zominthos, Makrygiallos, Kommos, Monastiraki, and Archanes had palatial...
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    "Males, Ierapetra, Crete, Hellenic Republic - CityFacts". www.city-facts.com. Retrieved 2021-08-08. "Males and Christos - Petra on Crete". petraoncrete.com/...
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  • Archaeological Museum of Sitia (category Archaeological museums in Crete)
    Sitia is a museum in Sitia of Crete, in Greece. Its collection consists of Minoan-era finds from Sitia, Zakros, Petra and Palaikastro. Palaikastro Kouros...
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  • Maccabees 10:55–62. 147. (Ante C. 148) Demetrius son of Demetrius came from Crete, and appointed Apollonius governor of Coelesyria. He came against Jonathan...
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    large proportion of the source water to seepage and evaporation. Throughout Petra, Jordan, the Nabataean engineers took advantage of every natural spring...
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  • States SEE Shaheen Air Cargo SHAHEEN CARGO Pakistan SEH Sky Express AIR CRETE Greece SG SEJ Spicejet SPICEJET India SEK Skyjet SKALA Kazakhstan SEL Sentel...
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  • mountains, Crete. Explored depth −1,110m (2008) ending in a sump but exploration of leads is ongoing. Gourgouthakas in the Lefka Ori mountains, Crete. Explored...
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  • Gorge, Crete Ha Gorge, Crete Imbros Gorge, Crete Kotsifos Gorge, Crete Kourtaliotiko Gorge, Crete Richtis Gorge, Crete Sarakina Gorge, Crete Samaria...
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    Eleutherna (category Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Crete)
    Archaeology of Tomb A1K1 of Orthi Petra in Eleutherna: the early Iron Age pottery (Heraklion, University of Crete, 2008). S. Andreas Koudellou, Eleutherna...
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    Constantin Manos, who became a resistance fighter against the Turks in Crete, and Marinos Marinaky, a future sportsman and co-founder of the famous Greek...
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    eruption was felt at Minoan sites on Crete. In northeastern Crete, earthquakes destroyed sites including Petras, while 9 meter high tsunamis swept over...
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    Museum of Ancient Eleutherna (category Archaeological museums in Crete)
    the nearby archaeological site of Eleutherna and the necropolis of Orthi Petra. as seen in the virtual tour of museum and the archaeological sites. The...
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  • 1846 6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II One of the Korean Martyrs Andrew of Crete c. 650 4 July 712 or 726 or 740 Andrew of Trier unknown 235 Andrew Stratelates...
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  • Hibernón Real Franciscan habit Andrés Manjón priest's cassock Andrew of Crete as a bishop, holding a gospel book or scroll, with his right hand raised...
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  • Minoan architectural construction used between 2000 and 1700 BC in Kasteli, Crete. 12 – Discovery of the ship Quest (on which Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton...
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  • with a cave-dwelling hippie community at Matala, on the Greek island of Crete. In early 1970, Mitchell's relationship with Graham Nash had recently ended...
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  • avenge of the widow of Kisa 961 Siege of Chandax The Byzantines reconquer Crete from the Cretan Saracens. 962 Battle of Bauds Indulf of Scotland is killed...
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    Egypt, Tenaginus Probus, in the waters opposite the islands of Cyprus, Crete, and Rhodes. The Historia Augusta, referring to a speech by Claudius would...
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    urban center. These tablets have been found at Hagia Triada (147 tablets), Petras, Phaistos (26 tablets), Knossos (6 tablets), Petsophas, Archanes (7 tablets)...
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  • encompassing Babylonia Chezib of Judah Chorazin Cilicia – Nation in Asia Minor Crete, Greek island Commagene – Nation in Asia Minor Corduene – Nation in central...
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