Archanes
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Archanes is a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Archanes-Asterousia, of which it is a municipal u
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Street in Archanes
Aerial view of Archanes, with Mount Juktas in the background
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Yannis Sakellarakis
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Yannis A. Sakellarakis was a Greek archaeologist who specialized in Minoan Prehistory.
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…Summer Palace for the Knossos kings. Spyridon Marinatos and N. Platon excavated minor areas in the region, but nothing supported Evans' theory. In 1964, Yannis Sakellarakis dug trial trenches at the Tourkoyeitonia site and uncovered the first evidence of a palace site. Since 1966, Archanes has been excavated by the Greek…
Yannis Sakellarakis portrait
Bust of Yannis Sakellarakis