Crete

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Description

Aereal view of the Knossos with extensive capture of agricultural fields, with about three distinct clusters of domestic settlements, and mountain range in the background, including Mt. Ida.

Place name

Mount Ida (mountain)

Subject

Landscape
Archaeological Site

Notes

Knossos was established in the Neolithic period and was the center for Minoan culture from the 3rd millenium BCE. It had the first written language recorded of the region: Linear A.

Date photographed

April 1975

Item sets

sackett_103.jpg

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