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City near the east coast of Crete, Greece
Palaikastro or Palekastro (Greek: Παλαίκαστρο, officially Greek: Παλαίκαστρον), with the Godart and Olivier abbreviation PK, is a thriving town, geographic
Palaikastro
Bronze-age statue of a male found at Roussolakkos in east Crete
The Palaikastro Kouros (Greek: Κούρος του Παλαίκαστρου) is a chryselephantine statuette of a male youth (kouros) excavated in stages in the modern-day
Palaikastro_Kouros
Part of Siteia, Lasithi, Crete, Greece
The population was 2,014 in 2021. The seat of the municipality was in Palaikastro, but now all municipal units are administered from the municipal seat
Itanos
Minoan sacred cave on Crete
be identified with the region of Palaikastro. He posited that the sanctuary of Dikte was a sanctuary at Palaikastro (which most scholars believe was dedicated
Psychro_Cave
Ancient Greek Hymn
were discovered in May 1904 during excavations in Roussolakkos near Palaikastro on the eastern coast of the Greek island of Crete. The hymn invokes Zeus
Hymn_to_Dictaean_Zeus
Casting moulds for plaques with figures and symbols
The Minoan Moulds of Palaikastro (Greek: Μήτρες του Παλαιοκάστρου Σητείας, romanized: Mitres tou Palaiokastrou Sitias) are two double-sided pieces of
Minoan_Moulds_of_Palaikastro
Undeciphered writing system of ancient Crete
Zakros, 313 from Khania, 65 from Phaistos, 32 from Knossos, 23 from Palaikastro, with all other sites yielding less than 20. Linear A texts often come
Linear_A
Ancient Greek Bronze Age civilizations
come Hissarlik, Mycenae, Phaestus, Hagia Triada, Tiryns, Phylakope, Palaikastro and Gournia. Structures: Ruins of palaces, palatial villas, houses, built
Aegean_civilization
Ancient Greek sculpture made with gold and ivory
most famously the so-called "Palaikastro Kouros" (not to be confused with the Archaic Kouros statues), from Minoan Palaikastro, c. 1450 BC. It is likely
Chryselephantine_sculpture
Minoan archaeological site in Crete, Greece
a Minoan peak sanctuary associated with the nearby palatial site of Palaikastro, and was used between the Middle Minoan I period (c. 2000 – c. 1800 BCE)
Petsofas
Major volcanic eruption around 1600 BC
Petras, while 9 meter high tsunamis swept over coastal sites such as Palaikastro. Ash and pumice fell across the island, where it was sometimes collected
Minoan_eruption
Region in eastern Crete, Greece
ancient Itanus but north of the villages that surround and are part of Palaikastro. Vai does not belong to them nor is it part of any civic unit of the
Vai_(Crete)
Archeologist
was an archeologist credited with being among the discoverers of the Palaikastro Kouros. Sackett attended Merton College at Oxford. As an archeologist
Hugh_Sackett
Prehistoric belief system
practices. Whether sacrifices were burned is unclear. The chryselephantine Palaikastro Kouros is the only probable cult image for worship in a shrine that has
Minoan_religion
Dipolieia and Diasia. His Cretan cult sites included a sanctuary at Palaikastro, where the Hymn to Zeus Diktaios was discovered, and a cave on Mount
Cult_of_Zeus
Minoan settlement in eastern Crete
from Petsophas are designated as PK for Palaikastro by Godart and Olivier.[citation needed] The Palaikastro Kouros was found at Roussolakkos, purposefully
Roussolakkos
Greek god of the sky and king of the gods
Crete, Zeus was worshipped at a number of caves at Knossos, Ida and Palaikastro. In the Hellenistic period a small sanctuary dedicated to Zeus Velchanos
Zeus
Ancient Minoan god associated with Zeus
Velchanos The Palaikastro Kouros (c. 1450 BC) has been regarded by some as a very early form of Zeus. The "young god" may have been a "vegetable god"
Velchanos
Phylum of invertebrate animals
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) Reese, D.S. (1987). "Palaikastro Shells and Bronze Age Purple-Dye Production in the Mediterranean Basin"
Mollusca
Fictional island in Plato's works
Bruins, Hendrik J.; et al. (2008). "Geoarchaeological tsunami deposits at Palaikastro (Crete) and the Late Minoan IA eruption of Santorini" (PDF). Journal
Atlantis
Art produced by the Minoan civilization
a more conventional arrangement of the view. Marine Style vase from Palaikastro, AMH. Octopus on an anchor or weight in porphyry, LM, AMH Bull-leaping
Minoan_art
Museum in Greece
collection consists of Minoan-era finds from Sitia, Zakros, Petra and Palaikastro. Palaikastro Kouros Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism / in Greek v t
Archaeological Museum of Sitia
Archaeological_Museum_of_Sitia
Natural dye extracted from Murex sea snails
location (link) John Malalas, Chronographia II:9. Reese, David S. (1987). "Palaikastro Shells and Bronze Age Purple-Dye Production in the Mediterranean Basin"
Tyrian_purple
Type of sacred standing stone
2307/593947. JSTOR 593947. MacGillivray, Alexander; Sackett, Hugh (2000). "The Palaikastro Kouros: the Cretan god as a young man". British School at Athens Studies
Baetyl
Symbol used in the Minoan civilisation
Alexander, and Hugh Sackett. “The Palaikastro Kouros: the Cretan God as a Young Man”, p. 168-166, Chapter 14 of The Palaikastro Kouros, a Minoan Chryselephantine
Horns_of_Consecration
Bronze Age civilization on Crete and other Aegean Islands
Metalworking in the Postpalatial Period: A Deposit of Metallurgical Debris from Palaikastro". The Annual of the British School at Athens. 91: 213–252. doi:10
Minoan_civilization
Type of archaeological site on Crete
Petsofas peak sanctuary overlooks the Minoan town of Palaikastro
Minoan_peak_sanctuaries
Ancient Greek deities
les rites d'adolescence dans l'antiquité hellénique, Lille, 1939. At Palaikastro the inscribed "hymn of the Kouretes" dates to ca. 300 BCE. Hesiod, Theogony
Korybantes
Mournies Myrsini Myrtos Mythoi Neapoli Nikithianos Oreino Pacheia Ammos Palaikastro Pappagiannades Pefkoi Perivolakia Piskokefalo Plati Praisos Prina Psychro
List of settlements in Lasithi
List_of_settlements_in_Lasithi
Very large wave created by a large, sudden displacement of material into a body of water
Alexander (2009). "The Minoan Santorini Eruption and Tsunami Deposits in Palaikastro (Crete): Dating by Geology, Archaeology, 14C, and Egyptian Chronology"
Megatsunami
Town on island of Crete in Greece
Analipsi (Chrysopigi, Lithines, Pefkoi, Perivolakia) Itanos (Karydi, Palaikastro, Zakros) Lefki (Agia Triada, Apidia, Armenoi, Chandras, Pappagiannades
Sitia
Village in eastern Crete, Greece
Europe. In the case of Itanos the movement is from the settlements to Palaikastro and Siteia. The latter, housing several thousand, has the airport and
Karydi,_Itanos
Swiss artist (1885–1939)
excavations of the Minoan site of Knossos on Crete, and elsewhere worked at Palaikastro and Zakros on Crete under Robert Carr Bosanquet, under Pierre Amandry
Émile_Gilliéron_fils
Minoan archaeological site in Eastern Crete, Greece
143–193, 2022 Bosanquet, R. C., "Excavations at Palaikastro. II: § 3.—The Chronology of Palaikastro and Zakro", Annual of the British School at Athens
Zakros
School Nafplio (Argolid) – Swedish School Olympia (Elis) – German School Palaikastro (Crete) – British School Phaistos (Crete) – Italian School Gortyn (Crete)
List of Foreign Archaeological Institutes in Greece
List_of_Foreign_Archaeological_Institutes_in_Greece
Pottery from Bronze Age Crete
1500-1450 BC Floral Style ewer with papyrus, from Palaikastro, 1500-1450 BC Clay bulls head rhyton, Palaikastro, 1500-1450 BC, AMH Bull's-head Vase from LM
Minoan_pottery
Cretan double-bladed axe
Minoan mould from Palaikastro
Labrys
Military unit
of Crete along the coast between Ierapetra, Kalo Chorio, Sitia, and Palaikastro. After the Armistice of Cassibile was announced on 8 September 1943 the
LI_Special_Brigade_(Italy)
abandoned Pagasae Magnesia, central Greece Platanos, central Greece Palaikastro Crete, Greece Minoan city Pandosia Epirus, Greece abandoned Pandosia
List_of_ancient_Greek_cities
Palaikastro, Lasithi
List of archaeological sites of Greece (Lasithi)
List_of_archaeological_sites_of_Greece_(Lasithi)
British archaeologist (1871–1955)
as an electrical engineer. He took part in the BSA's excavations at Palaikastro, and the survey of Lakonia (see Artemis Orthia and Menelaion, Sparta);
Richard_MacGillivray_Dawkins
directed and co-directed archaeological projects in Crete (Knossos, Palaikastro) and Turkey (Iasos, Çaltılar). Her publications include many articles
Nicoletta_Momigliano
Island in Greece
smaller than Knossos or Malia, but comparable to Phaistos and perhaps Palaikastro, and certainly much larger than Myrtos, or Vasiliki." The modern excavations
Mochlos
lingam, although the oldest cult image from the Greek world, the Minoan Palaikastro Kouros, is highly sophisticated. Many xoana were retained and revered
Ancient_Greek_sculpture
Egypt 21,000 Niniveh Iraq 23,000 33,000 Nippur Iraq 20,000 10,000 10,000 Palaikastro Greece 18,000 San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán Mexico 7,500 Shahr-i Sokhta Iran
Historical urban community sizes
Historical_urban_community_sizes
List of tornadoes in Europe and surrounding regions in 2025
struck Tsoutsouras, damaging several structures and trees. IF1.5 S of Palaikastro Crete Greece 35°07′49″N 26°15′03″E / 35.1304°N 26.2509°E / 35.1304;
List of European tornadoes in 2025
List_of_European_tornadoes_in_2025
British archaeologist (1927–2000)
Hood and his team at Knossos. In 1962 with Hugh Sackett he excavated at Palaikastro and in 1964 at Lefkandi-Xeropolis. In the 1960's he worked as Assistant
Mervyn_Popham
"Mediterranean polyculture revisited: Olive, grape and subsistence strategies at Palaikastro, East Crete, between the Late Neolithic and Late Bronze Age". Journal
History of Walla Walla, Washington
History_of_Walla_Walla,_Washington
Bronze artefact, c. 1600 BC, found in Nebra, Germany
had a cult that had its origin in Minoan-Mycenaean times [...] as the Palaikastro mould shows, the Poppy Goddess was not only a chthonic fertility goddess
Nebra_sky_disc
British classical archaeologist
Hutchinson, R. W., Edith Eccles and Sylvia Benton. "Unpublished Objects from Palaikastro and Praisos. II." The Annual of the British School at Athens, vol. 40(1939):
Edith_Eccles
Minoan and Mycenaean sites. She participated in British excavations at Palaikastro and the Mycenae Cult Centre and with the University of Minnesota at Nichoria
Helen_Hughes-Brock
Archaeological site in East Crete, Greece
have been Minoan. The major site, Roussolakkos, an early version of Palaikastro, was studied by members of the British School at Athens. The French School
Itanus
000 – 29,000 – 46,000 Nea Nikomedeia 500 – 700 Okolište 1000 – 3000 Palaikastro 18,000 Vinča-Belo Brdo 2000 – 2500 Sesklo 300 1000 – 5000 Solnitsata
List of largest European cities in history
List_of_largest_European_cities_in_history
Period in ancient Greek sculpture
figurines, mostly in faience, found in the royal palace of Knossos, and the Palaikastro Kouros, in ivory, gold, stone and rock crystal, are famous, but it is
Archaic_Greek_sculpture
Archaeological research center in Greece
Debla, Trapeza Cave, Atsipades Korakias, Psychro, Myrtos, Petsofas and Palaikastro. Eugénie Sellers Strong was the first woman student to be admitted to
British_School_at_Athens
Greek Orthodox monastery in Crete
to the northeast. The nearest settlements are Sitia to the west and Palaikastro to the southeast; otherwise, the entire promontory is uninhabited except
Toplou_Monastery
Chronological history of the visual arts by year and decade
of Queen Napir-Asu; the Houmuwu ding 1370 BC – The Minoan Moulds of Palaikastro 1400 BC – Anon., Cosmetic Spoon: Young Girl Swimming; The Luxor Temple
Timeline_of_art
Mountain ranges in eastern Crete, Greece
are now to be found the ruins of Minoan sites at Mochlos, Kato Zakro, Palaikastro, and Kavousi. These are four of the major sites of East Crete, but the
Sitia_Mountains
British archaeologist
was among the first to lead excavations at the Minoan seaside town of Palaikastro on Crete, from 1902 to 1905. He also served as Assistant Director and
Robert_Carr_Bosanquet
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) Reese, D.S. (1987). "Palaikastro Shells and Bronze Age Purple-Dye Production in the Mediterranean Basin"
Human interactions with molluscs
Human_interactions_with_molluscs
Palaestra Palaestra at Delphi Palaestra at Olympia Palaestra (mythology) Palaikastro Kouros Palamedes Palici Palioxis Palladium Pallake Pallantides Pallas
Index of ancient Greece-related articles
Index_of_ancient_Greece-related_articles
Church Timotesubani village, Borjomi Region 27 Greece Palaikastro Archaeological site Palaikastro 28 Greece Helike Archaeological Site Rizomylos & Eliki
2004_World_Monuments_Watch
British classical archaeologist
her many studies on ancient bronzes, like the unpublished bronzes from Palaikastro and Praisos. Early in her career described herself as a prehistorian
Sylvia_Benton
Topics referred to by the same term
Evros, a community of Nea Orestiada Elaea (promontory of Crete), near Palaikastro, in northeastern Crete, Greece Elaea (promontory of Cyprus), in Cyprus
Elaea
Larabanga Mosque Larabanga, Western Gonja 1650 27 Greece Palaikastro Archaeological site Palaikastro, Crete 100 28 Guatemala Piedras Negras Piedras Negras
2002_World_Monuments_Watch
Venetian merchant
but his later writings evince some familiarity with the area around Palaikastro. His family appears to have been of the merchant class. His nickname
Emanuele_Piloti
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