# Petras, Siteia · Place

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

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Place · Minoan palatial site · in 1 mystery

# Petras, Siteia

[Cretan Hieroglyphic](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic)[2 events][1 source][35.2100° N, 26.1150° E]

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.

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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 km[Open the mystery's map](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic#map)

## In the mysteries

**Cretan Hieroglyphic**

2 events

[The mystery ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic)

[What did the clay documents and the seal inscriptions record?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/questions/QST0DEDX1A1NMX2/what-did-the-clay-documents-and-the-seal-inscriptions-record)Open: no answer ahead yet

## What happened here 2

-1799[The Middle Minoan II hieroglyphic deposits at Malia Quartier Mu and Petras are written and buried in destructions](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/events/EVT0DEDRZGCPSEW/the-middle-minoan-ii-hieroglyphic-deposits-at-malia-quartier)

at [Malia, Quartier Mu](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/places/PLC0DEDPQCFS0DJ/malia-quartier-mu)

1995[Excavation of the hieroglyphic archive at Petras begins](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/events/EVT0DEDS99DBHRV/excavation-of-the-hieroglyphic-archive-at-petras-begins)

## Nearby within 500 km

[Archaeological Museum of Sitia](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/places/PLC0DEDQJ74MGW0/archaeological-museum-of-sitia)

museum

1 km SW

[Praisos](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDSFBYKF8P/praisos)

ancient city

10 km S

[Dreros](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDSW22GYS0/dreros)

ancient city

52 km W

[Malia, Quartier Mu](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/places/PLC0DEDPQCFS0DJ/malia-quartier-mu)

Minoan town quarter

58 km W

[Arkalochori cave](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D1GG2S455N7/arkalochori-cave)

sacred cave

78 km W

[Arkalochori cave](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/places/PLC0DEDQBHYM2QS/arkalochori-cave)

sacred cave

78 km W

## Sources 1

[The Hieroglyphic Archive at Petras, Siteia](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJ0R07P10/the-hieroglyphic-archive-at-petras-siteia)

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## Cite it

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

**PLC** 0DEDPW4PGGD7

Record

Place

Kind

Minoan palatial site

Position

35.2100° N, 26.1150° E

Precision

About 1 km

Placed from

Approximate position of the Petras hill just east of Siteia, from general reference; not checked against OpenStreetMap in this session.

In

[Cretan Hieroglyphic](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic)

Version

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