Amnisos
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thumb|Wall-painting from the villa, on display at the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion
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- Instance of
- polis
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Hersonissos Municipality
- Image
- Έπαυλη των Κρίνων - Αμνισός 3273.jpg
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- Commons category
- Amnisos
- described at URL
- odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=2415
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- located in/on physical feature
- Crete
- native label
- 𐀀𐀖𐀛𐀰
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Archaeology
- Bronze-Age history
- Notes
- See also
- References
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amnisos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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