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Amnisos
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Also known as Zeus Thenatas sanctuary

thumb|Wall-painting from the villa, on display at the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion

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  • Geography
  • Archaeology
  • Bronze-Age history
  • Notes
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thumb|Wall-painting from the villa, on display at the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion

Amnisos, also Amnissos and Amnisus (Greek: or ; Linear B: 𐀀𐀖𐀛𐀰 A-mi-ni-so), is the current but unattested name given to a Bronze Age settlement on the north shore of Crete that was used as a port to the palace city of Knossos. It appears in Greek literature and mythology from the earliest times, but its origin is far earlier, in prehistory.

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