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Knossos

Knossos is a minoan palace site in the record of Cretan Hieroglyphic, placed to about 100 m.

Two events on the site happened here, between 1900 and 2022: Evans uncovers the Hieroglyphic Deposit in the palace at Knossos, and later The seal KN S (4/4) 01 from the Knossos cult centre is published.

Clay documents of CHIC H from the Hieroglyphic Deposit and other palace contexts; the cult-centre seal KN S (4/4) 01 and the Linear A ivory ring came from the Anetaki plot in the village.

Written from the site's records. Improve it
AntalyaHaniaRodos1Knossos200 kmAntalyaDenizliKalamataPirgos1200 km
Placed from Coordinates of the palace's central court from general reference; not checked against OpenStreetMap in this session. · Placed to about 100 mOpen the mystery's map

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Knossos [Place PLC0DEDPKDTVAWE]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DEDPKDTVAWE
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