Phaistos

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Bronze Age settlement Minoan palace archaeological site

Phaistos is an important Bronze Age Minoan palace and archaeological site in southern Crete, known for its well-preserved ruins and the discovery of the enigmatic Phaistos Disc.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Phaistos canonical 17
Phaistos Disc 4
Phaistos Disc block 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bronze Age settlement ⓘ
Minoan palace ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWith Rhadamanthus ⓘ
surface form: King Radamanthys
builtAround 1900 BC ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
culture Minoan civilization ⓘ
declinePeriod Late Bronze Age ⓘ
discovery systematic excavations began in early 20th century ⓘ
distanceFrom about 60 km southwest of Heraklion ⓘ
elevation hill above Mesara Plain ⓘ
excavatedBy Federico Halbherr ⓘ
Italian Archaeological School at Athens ⓘ
excavationStartDate 1900 ⓘ
function administrative center ⓘ
economic center ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
governedBy Hellenic Ministry of Culture ⓘ
hasFind Phaistos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Phaistos Disc

architectural fragments ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
seal impressions ⓘ
storage jars (pithoi) ⓘ
hasPart central courtyard ⓘ
magazines ⓘ
north entrance ⓘ
royal apartments ⓘ
south propylaeum ⓘ
staircases ⓘ
storerooms ⓘ
theatral area ⓘ
west court ⓘ
heritageStatus major archaeological site of Crete ⓘ
knownFor Minoan architecture ⓘ
Phaistos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Phaistos Disc

well-preserved palace ruins ⓘ
laterUse limited occupation in Classical and Hellenistic periods ⓘ
locatedIn southern Crete ⓘ
locatedOn Crete ⓘ
surface form: island of Crete
nearTo Agia Triada ⓘ
Timbaki ⓘ
overlooks Mesara Plain ⓘ
period Bronze Age ⓘ
rebuiltAfter earthquake destruction ⓘ
region Mesara Plain ⓘ
tourism popular tourist destination ⓘ
writingSystemEvidence undeciphered script on Phaistos Disc ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

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

Crete → archaeologicalSite → Phaistos ⓘ
Aegean Bronze Age → associatedWithSite → Phaistos ⓘ
Minoan civilization → hasMajorCenter → Phaistos ⓘ
Minoan civilization → hasIconicArtifact → Phaistos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phaistos Disc
Epimenides of Crete → associatedCity → Phaistos ⓘ
Phaistos → knownFor → Phaistos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phaistos Disc
Phaistos → hasFind → Phaistos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phaistos Disc
Malia → comparableTo → Phaistos ⓘ
Zakros → comparableTo → Phaistos ⓘ
Supplementary Multilingual Plane → contains → Phaistos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phaistos Disc block
Linear A → foundAt → Phaistos ⓘ
Cretan hieroglyphs → discoveredAt → Phaistos ⓘ
Cretan hieroglyphs → hasNotableInscription → Phaistos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phaistos sealing series
Protopalatial period → majorSite → Phaistos ⓘ
Heraklion Archaeological Museum → exhibits → Phaistos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phaistos Disc
Heraklion regional unit → containsArchaeologicalSite → Phaistos ⓘ
Federico Halbherr → workLocation → Phaistos ⓘ
Mesara Plain → contains → Phaistos ⓘ
Timbaki → locatedNear → Phaistos ⓘ
Agia Triada → locatedNear → Phaistos ⓘ
Agia Triada → associatedWith → Phaistos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phaistos palace
south propylaeum → locatedIn → Phaistos ⓘ
subject surface form: South Propylaeum
Minoan religion → majorSite → Phaistos ⓘ
Neopalatial period → majorSite → Phaistos ⓘ