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This extremely important Early Minoan site is situated on the top and upper slopes of a steep hill, overlooking the Libyan sea, a few hundred metres from the present-day village of Myrtos and even closer to another Early Minoan site, Pyrgos, which lies between Fournou Korifi and the modern village.
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This site was excavated by Gerald Cadogan between 1970 and 1982. The site is situated 1.7 kilometres to the west of Fournou Korifi, beside the east side of the mouth of the river Myrtos on the south coast of Crete.
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Fournou Korifi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fournou Korifi is the archaeological site of a Minoan settlement on southern Crete. Fournou Korifi was built at the top of a steep hill, with excellent views of the coast. Fournou Korifi was first ex...
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Myrtos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Myrtos is a coastal village in the west of the municipality of Ierapetra in the prefecture of Lasithi on the island of Crete in Greece. It is located 14.5 km from Ierapetra and 50.5 km from Agios Nik...
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Fournou Korifi and Pirgos are Minoan settlements near Mirtos in east Crete. ... Minoan Settlements of Pirgos and Fournou Korifi near Mirtos ... Fournou Korifi (2800-2200 BC)
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Pictures of Myrtos, a picturesque village in southern Crete, with quiet, narrow streets full of flowers and trees. In Myrtos there are rooms for rent, small hotels, restaurants, tavernas and café-bars at the coast road of Myrtos. ... Pirgos and Fournou Korifi, two Minoan settlements near Myrtos...
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Fournou Korifi A small Minoan site in a poor state of preservation but was the site where a unique libation jug, the Goddess of Mirtos, was found.
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Whitelaw,T. (2007). House, households and community at Early Minoan Fournou Korifi: methods and models for interpretation. Chapter 8 in Westgate,R., Fisher,N., Whitley,J. (ed.) Building Communities. House, settlement and society in the Aegean and beyond.. British School at Athens.
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Keith Branigan and Yiannis Pappadatos completed their search of the Early Minoan Ayia Kyriaki and Fournou Korifi pottery assem-blages, looking for fingerprints. Over 150 prints were found, but only 30 were sufficiently well preserved to be useful for possible matching.
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Photos of Gortys, Photos of the Odeon in Gortys, Photos of the plane tree in Gortys, Photos of the church of Saint Titus, Photos of the Great Inscription with the Law Code of Gortys, Photos of the Great Basilica, the temple of Apollo and the Praetorium of Gortys. ... Pirgos and Fournou Korifi, two minoan towns near Mirtos...
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