The Hagia Photia Cemetery I: The Tomb Groups and Architecture

by Costis Davaras and Philip P. Betancourt

The Hagia Photia Cemetery takes its name from the nearby village on the northeast coast of Crete, 5 km east of modern Siteia. This large Early Minoan burial ground with over fifteen hundred Cycladic imports was discovered in 1971. A total of 263 tombs were excavated as a rescue excavation in 1971 and 1984. Among the 1800 artefacts are some of the earliest known Cretan discoveries of several types: the grave goods come mostly from the Kampos Group,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931534136
• ISBN13: 9781931534130
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: INSTAP Academic Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 2.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.7" x 10.4"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4