Crete — See also: Crete (disambiguation) Crete Κρήτη The Minoan Palace at Knossos Geography … Wikipedia
Kamares, Crete — Kamares is the location of an archaeological site of a Minoan sacred cave in south central Crete, Greece. [Donald W. Jones, 1999 Peak Sanctuaries and Sacred Caves in Minoan Crete ISBN 91 7081 153 9] The sacred cave at Kamares is slightly offset… … Wikipedia
Mount Ida (Crete) — Mount Psiloritis Mount Ida View of Psiloritis mountains from west Elevation … Wikipedia
Psychro Cave — Stalagmite in the cave Psychro Cave is an ancient Minoan sacred cave in the Lasithi district of eastern Crete. Psychro is associated with the Diktaean Cave, the putative site of Zeus birth. According to Hesiod, Theogony 477, Rhea gave birth to… … Wikipedia
Psychro — Pyschro, associated with the Diktaean / Diktaian Cave credited as the site of Zeus birth, is an ancient Minoan sacred cave in the Lasithi district of eastern Crete. According to Hesiod, Theogony 477, Rhea gave birth to Zeus in a cave of Mount… … Wikipedia
Minoan civilization — Map of Minoan Crete History of Greece … Wikipedia
Minoan religion — Snake Goddess or a priestess performing a ritual The religion of the Bronze Age Minoan civilization was a type of polytheism within the larger group of religions of the Ancient Near East. As a prehistoric religion, interpretation of possible cult … Wikipedia
Karfi — Karfi, Crete, (also Karphi) is a little visited archaeological site high in the Dikti Mountains that is akin to Machu Picchu for the Minoan civilization. When the warlike mixed group conventionally referred to as Dorians arrived in Crete from the … Wikipedia
Arkalochori — (also Arkalokhori) is a modern city on the island of Crete and the archaeological site of a Minoan sacred cave in eastern Crete. The sacred cave was used from 2500 to 1450 BCE.It is located 32 km south of Heraklion and as of the 2001 census had a … Wikipedia
Grotto — For other uses, see Grotto (disambiguation). A Marian grotto in Bischofferode (Germany) A grotto (Italian grotta and French grotte ) is any type of natural or artificial cave that is associated with modern, historic or prehistoric use by humans.… … Wikipedia
