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    destination. Zakros is sometimes divided into Epano Zakros (Upper Zakros), the portion higher up on the hillside, and Kato Zakros (Lower Zakros), the part...
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    The Zakros Mountains are a mountain range in Lasithi in eastern Crete, Greece. It trends to the northeast from Diaskari Beach in the southwest in the direction...
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    structures as palaces, namely those at Knossos, Phaistos, Malia, Galatas, and Zakros. Minoan palaces consisted of multistory wings surrounding an open rectangular...
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    Kourtaliotiko Gorge, Ha Gorge, Platania Gorge, the Gorge of the Dead (at Kato Zakros, Sitia) and Richtis Gorge and (Richtis) waterfall at Exo Mouliana in Sitia...
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    from Malia Covers findings from 1700 BCE to 1450 BCE from the palace of Zakros, including: Rock crystal rhyton Bull's head rhyton Pottery with floral and...
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    It seems that there were beautification areas in the palaces of Knossos, Zakros and Pylos. These beauty objects were used during the whole Aegean Bronze...
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    proto-palatial period Kato Zakros – sea-side palatial site excavated by Greek archaeologists in the far east of the island, also known as "Zakro" in archaeological...
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    A corroded copper ingot from Zakros, Crete, shaped in the form of an animal skin (oxhide) typical in that era...
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    Minoan rhyton from the Palace of Zakros, depicting a rocky landscape with Cretan goats....
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    was found had a "religious sceptre" inscribed all over with Linear A. At Zakros three sealings inscribed with Cretan hieroglyphs were found in the same...
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  • Crete, in Greece. Its collection consists of Minoan-era finds from Sitia, Zakros, Petra and Palaikastro. Palaikastro Kouros Hellenic Ministry of Culture...
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    strong Cretan influence. Around 1450 BC, the palaces at Malia, Phaestos, and Zakros were destroyed, leaving Knossos as the sole surviving palace on Crete. In...
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    Copper ingot from Zakros, Crete, displayed at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum....
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    Papapostolou, J. A. (1981). Crete: Knossos, Phaistos, Mallia, Aghia, Triadha, Zakros, and the Herakleion Museum. Clio Editions. pp. 72–73.{{cite book}}: CS1...
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    home to a number of ancient remains. Vasiliki, Fournou Korifi, Pyrgos, Zakros and Gournia are ruins of Minoan date, Lato and Itanos were Doric towns....
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    circa 1650 BCE, was later destroyed around 1450 BCE, akin to Phaestos and Zakros, possibly due to the eruption of Thera, subsequent earthquakes, or Mycenaean...
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    stress induced cracks and butt deformation. Ancient copper oxhide ingot from Zakros, Crete. The ingot is shaped in the form of an animal skin, a typical shape...
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    (Chrysopigi, Lithines, Pefkoi, Perivolakia) Itanos (Karydi, Palaikastro, Zakros) Lefki (Agia Triada, Apidia, Armenoi, Chandras, Pappagiannades, Ziros) Sitia...
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    (6 tablets), Petsophas, Archanes (7 tablets), Myrtos Pyrgos (2 tablets), Zakros (31 tablets), Tylissos (2 tablets), Malia (6 tablets), Gournia (1 tablet)...
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    Kommos Knossos Kydonia Lato Malia Monastiraki Phaistos Polyrrhenia Tylissos Zakros Museums Archaeological Museum of Chania Cretaquarium Heraklion Archaeological...
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    III Period (1650–1600 BC) in Minoan chronology, found on sealings from Zakro and miniature frescos dated to this period. One early example of griffin-types...
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    Crete Mediterranean forests Streamside forest in Zakros Gorge, Crete Topographic map of Crete Ecology Realm Palearctic Biome Mediterranean forests, woodlands...
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    Kommos Knossos Kydonia Lato Malia Monastiraki Phaistos Polyrrhenia Tylissos Zakros Museums Archaeological Museum of Chania Cretaquarium Heraklion Archaeological...
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    Another theory, put forward by Flinders Petrie, links the ethnonym to Zakros, in eastern Crete. Some other scholars have accepted the association. A...
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  • was a renowned Greek archaeologist. He discovered the Minoan palace of Zakros on Crete. He put forward one of the two systems of relative Minoan chronology...
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    Minoan IB period. The other palaces are at Hagia Triada, Knossos, Phaistos, Zakros, and Gournia. It has been excavated for over a century by the French School...
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  • Retrieved 31 December 2020. "Minoan Palatial Centres (Knossos, Phaistos, Malia, Zakros, Kydonia)". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on...
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    Φυσικό Πάρκο Σητείας Hikeable gorge, Zakros Canyon Location of the spelunking center at Karydi, Itanos in the Zakros Mountains, Crete, a central location...
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    (periphereia) Crete. Until 2017 Palaikastro shared Itanos with Karydi, Zakros, and Mitato (Μητάτο). The latter was located on an altiplano to the west...
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    Kyriamadi between them. The park captures the low, sedimentary, limestone Zakros Mountains. Its major geologic features are approximately 170 caves and gorges...
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