Anemospilia
Sign in to savethumb|300px|View of Anemospilia from the south. Anemospilia () is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan temple on Crete.
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Archanes-Asterousia Municipality
- Location
- Mount Juktas
- Image
- Anemospilia.jpg
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- described at URL
- odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=2414
- Commons category
- Anemospilia
- culture
- Minoan civilization
- inception
- 1700-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Archaeology
- East chamber
- Annex
- Central chamber
- Western chamber
- Debate over human sacrifice
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|300px|View of Anemospilia from the south. Anemospilia () is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan temple on Crete.
==Geography== The temple is located on the northern end of Mount Juktas. Modern Heraklion can be seen from the site. The site is in the country side near Arkhanes, about 7 kilometers from Knossos on the Island of Crete. It was on a hillside facing north towards the palace complexes of Knossos. Various factors made archaeologists conclude that it was a temple. The site is in the countryside, Anemospilia means 'caves of the wind'. It is in the foothills of Mount Juktas, the legendary burial place of Zeus.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anemospilia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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