Yannis Sakellarakis
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Yannis A. Sakellarakis was a Greek archaeologist who specialized in Minoan Prehistory.
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Mount Ida
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In Greek mythology, two sacred mountains are called Mount Ida, the "Mountain of the Goddess": Mount Ida in Crete, and Mount Ida in the ancient Troad region of western Anatolia, which was also known as
Yannis Sakellarakis
…and curator (1970–80) and later deputy director (1987–94) of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. He excavated sites at Archanes, Kythira and Mount Ida. Sakellarakis attracted international attention in 1979, when, while excavating the hill of Anemospilia in Archanes with his wife Efi Sapouna-Sakellaraki…
Mouth of Idaean Cave, Crete