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Petras, Siteia

Petras, Siteia is a minoan palatial site in the record of Cretan Hieroglyphic, placed to about 1 km.

Two events on the site happened here, between 1799 and 1995: The Middle Minoan II hieroglyphic deposits at Malia Quartier Mu and Petras are written and buried in destructions, and later Excavation of the hieroglyphic archive at Petras begins.

Written from the site's records. Improve it
HaniaRodos1Petras200 kmAntalyaHaniaKalamataPirgos1200 km
Placed from Approximate position of the Petras hill just east of Siteia, from general reference; not checked against OpenStreetMap in this session. · Placed to about 1 kmOpen the mystery's map

In the mysteries

Cretan Hieroglyphic
2 events
The mystery

What happened here 2

Nearby within 500 km

Praisos
ancient city
10 km S
Dreros
ancient city
52 km W
Malia, Quartier Mu
Minoan town quarter
58 km W
Arkalochori cave
sacred cave
78 km W
Arkalochori cave
sacred cave
78 km W

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Petras, Siteia [Place PLC0DEDPW4PGGD7]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DEDPW4PGGD7
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