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Metaxia Tsipopoulou

New Minoan Tombs Unearthed at Sitia

2017-09-20 by Phil Butler

The Pre- and Protopalatial cemetery at Petras, Siteia. (ca 2800-1900 BC)

Archaeologists here on Crete have unearthed Minoan tombs at least 3,000 years old. At a cemetery from the Bronze Age, two more graves were discovered at the Petras Palace site near Sitia in the far east of the island.

Tags: crete, Crete archaeology, Incredible Crete, Metaxia Tsipopoulou, Minoan palaces, Petras Excavations, Petras Palace, Sitia

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