Malia
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Malia is an important Minoan Bronze Age palace complex and archaeological site on the northern coast of Crete.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bronze Age site
ⓘ
Minoan palace complex ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Minoan religion
ⓘ
Minoan trade networks ⓘ |
| chronology |
Late Bronze Age
ⓘ
Middle Bronze Age ⓘ |
| civilization | Minoan civilization ⓘ |
| comparableTo |
Knossos
ⓘ
Phaistos ⓘ Zakros ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| culture |
Minoan civilization
ⓘ
surface form:
Minoan
|
| excavatedBy | French School at Athens ⓘ |
| excavationStatus | partially excavated ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Greece
ⓘ
surface form:
Hellenic Republic
|
| hasArchaeologicalFindType |
administrative seals
ⓘ
architectural remains ⓘ ceramic assemblages ⓘ ritual objects ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central court
ⓘ
drainage system ⓘ paved courts ⓘ ritual areas ⓘ storerooms ⓘ |
| hasNearbyModernSettlement | Malia (modern town) ⓘ |
| hasStructureType |
courtyard
ⓘ
magazine (storage area) ⓘ palace ⓘ residential quarter ⓘ workshop area ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystemEvidence |
Cretan hieroglyphs
ⓘ
surface form:
Cretan hieroglyphic
Linear A ⓘ |
| heritageType | archaeological heritage site ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Crete ⓘ |
| locatedInSeaBasin | Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| locatedOnCoastOf | northern coast of Crete ⓘ |
| materialCulture |
Minoan civilization
ⓘ
surface form:
Minoan pottery
bronze objects ⓘ seal stones ⓘ stone vases ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| overlooks | Sea of Crete ⓘ |
| period | Bronze Age ⓘ |
| region | Heraklion regional unit ⓘ |
| significance | one of the major Minoan palatial centers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administrative center
ⓘ
economic center ⓘ religious activities ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.