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Surroundings:

Minoan palace of KnossosMinoan palace of KnossosPithoi - large storage minoan containersPithoi - large storage minoan containersPithoi at Knossos

Location:

  • Greece, Karterós
  • geo:35.324791,25.205849
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -3000~ / -400~

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=22369

Annotations

The Eileithyia Cave was in use as a scnctuary from the Neolithic period until 4ca 00 BC.

Sources:

  1. Chronology)of)the)Aegean)Bronze)Age, https://www.ling.upenn.edu/~rnoyer/courses/51/AegeanBronzeAge.pdf
  2. DISTRICT OF IRAKLION (ellada.com)

Nearby

Amnissos - Eileithyia - House of the Lilies

Amnisus- Amnisos. Minoan building with paintings. Nowdays in Heraklion Museum.

Amnissos (1 km)

Minoan port


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