At this location, the dead were interred in complexes at Monasteriako Kephali, Isopata, and Zafer Pa
At this location, the dead were interred in complexes at Monasteriako Kephali, Isopata, and Zafer Papoura, while the most prominent structure was built facing Mount Jouctas. This city and its surrounding region were seized by Metellus Creticus during Pompey's campaign against pirates, and the early reports of William Stillman fueled American interest in its unearthing. Discoveries near the Dictaean Cave prompted a second attempt to purchase land in Kefala from its Turkish owners; an inability to do so earlier had thwarted the efforts of its original discoverer, Minos Kalokairinos. Instead, it was a curator of the Ashmolean Museum whose work near Herakleion unearthed the palace of its civilization's namesake king. FTP, identify this ancient city excavated by Sir Arthur Evans, a landmark of the Minoans.
At this location, the dead were interred in complexes at Monasteriako Kephali, Isopata, and Zafer Papoura, while the most prominent structure was built facing Mount Jouctas.
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