Kato Zakros archaeological site

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Bronze Age settlement Minoan palace complex archaeological site

Kato Zakros archaeological site is a Minoan palace complex and settlement on the eastern coast of Crete, notable for its well-preserved ruins and rich finds that illuminate Bronze Age Aegean civilization.

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Kato Zakros archaeological site canonical 2
Zakros archaeological site 2
Kato Zakros Minoan palace 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bronze Age settlement ⓘ
Minoan palace complex ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
constructionStart Middle Minoan period ⓘ
culture Minoan civilization ⓘ
surface form: Minoan culture
destroyedBy earthquake and fire ⓘ
destroyedDuring Late Minoan IB period ⓘ
discoveredBy D. G. Hogarth ⓘ
discoveryYear 1901 ⓘ
excavatedBy Nikolaos Platon ⓘ
findsInclude Linear A tablets ⓘ
bronze tools ⓘ
gold jewelry ⓘ
imported pottery ⓘ
ivory objects ⓘ
seal stones ⓘ
stone vases ⓘ
floruit second millennium BCE ⓘ
function administrative center ⓘ
commercial hub with an important harbor ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
hasPart Minoan palace of Zakros ONNED1 ⓘ
central court ⓘ
drainage system ⓘ
harbor installations ⓘ
lustral basins ⓘ
paved roads ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ
sanctuaries ⓘ
storage magazines ⓘ
storerooms for pithoi ⓘ
surrounding Minoan town ⓘ
workshops ⓘ
locatedIn Minoan site of Kato Zakros ⓘ
surface form: Kato Zakros, Crete, Greece

regional unit of Lasithi ⓘ
locatedOn eastern coast of Crete ⓘ
majorExcavationsStart 1961 ⓘ
managedBy Hellenic Ministry of Culture ⓘ
near Zakros Gorge ⓘ
village of Kato Zakros ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
ownedBy Greece ⓘ
surface form: Hellenic Republic
partOf Aegean Bronze Age ⓘ
surface form: Bronze Age Aegean civilization

Minoan civilization ⓘ
period Late Minoan ⓘ
Middle Minoan period ⓘ
surface form: Middle Minoan
significance evidence for Minoan trade with the Near East and Egypt ⓘ
insight into Minoan administrative practices ⓘ
insight into Minoan religious practices ⓘ
rich assemblage of artifacts ⓘ
well-preserved Minoan palace architecture ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zakros → hasAlternativeName → Kato Zakros archaeological site ⓘ
Sitia → hasNearbyArchaeologicalSite → Kato Zakros archaeological site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kato Zakros Minoan palace
Pano Zakros → locatedNear → Kato Zakros archaeological site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zakros archaeological site
Pano Zakros → isGatewayTo → Kato Zakros archaeological site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zakros archaeological site
Zakros Gorge → connectedTo → Kato Zakros archaeological site ⓘ