Impressive
finds 4,000 years to Sitia!Holds the handful of your
hand . It is "
the Minoan tiny boy . Gymnouli ,
beautiful, with slender , strong body .And it just
yesterday , 4,000 years ( something ) . " After a few days of this writing Internet clay Minoan boys had become
eleven . "If he was twelve , you might say that correspond to ancient months ."
With ... turkeys tombsOr between Tsipopoulou sounded very happy about this year's crop of
the Minoan Sitia , where digging a multinational scientific team at prepalatial
Cemetery and old palace of Peter.The eleven clay figurines , with all the anatomical details of the
boys toned , arms crossed on the chest, sunken eyes , nose like a bird's beak ,
was surprised the excavator as found in the "witnesses ", ie in the hallway of
the square excavation pits used for carts of excavation.The interest in this research is that it revealed ' graves - area
houses 70 , 80, 90 sq.m. with rooms inside, which means that it burials of the elite of that
time. These large tombs belonging to prominent families in genera ' , as we
explained digger , and is rich kterismenoi with gold jewelry , cosmetics , and
has found large numbers and cameos .In the last nine years ( since 2004) who dig in the cemetery have
revealed a total of 14 funerary buildings. The cemetery spans 10 acres and have excavated 3.5 .The traditionally preserved archaeological site is located one
kilometer outside of Sitia and the cemetery lies high on the north slope of the
hill head ( elevation 54-60 m ) in position with unobstructed visibility in all
directions and control of the bay of Sitia and the plain in west . All graves are Prepalatial the end of the period ( Middle Minoan IB /
IIA principle ) and , interestingly predate these other graves , whose relics
are preserved in deeper layers and reduced the Early Minoan II Out of the graves
have been excavated two extensive votive deposits , whose use continued until the end of the Old Palace period, stating
that the cemetery 's stone was well organized and was the center of community
cohesion , even after the establishment of the palace.Have found great historical and artistic importance gems , some with
hieroglyphic inscriptions , some of jasper and cornelian , very interesting
pottery, stone vessels, jewelry of various materials and precious metals, as
well as bronze and stone tools.Impress the findings between the graves , showing that made various
rituals. There have been animal bones and a large number of tables ( washer),
as these ceremonies were related to eating and drinking. Except funerary buildings , and found three pieces of marble Cycladic
figurines listed . "This is the first figurines excavated from the environment in Eastern
Crete, and are of particular importance as they indicate that relations between
the region of Sitia bay with Cyclades continued even after the use of the
neighboring cemetery of Holy Fire ' , according to Mr. Tsipopoulou , dating the last use of space in the Late Minoan IIIC
. "In this period belong and extensive architectural remains nearby
settlement ."30 yearsResearch in Minoan Sitia , the city, the palace and the cemeteries of
Peter, and to the Byzantine Cemetery, completes 30 years this year .
"Peter had a remarkable streak of habitation 2,500 years , from 3300
to 100 BC , and is also one of the few places in Crete where we have the
opportunity to investigate not only the places of residence and the palace , but
the cemeteries . Already since 2006 the site has been developed into an archaeological
park with the collaboration of the Municipality of Sitia and is open to visitors
, "says Mr. Tsipopoulou .
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