"The Archaeological Sites of the Aegean Minoans"

235 Minoan Archaeological Sites and Geographical Features

Source: MinoanAtlantis.com

ETANA ABZU Record Number: 20688
Electronic Tools and Ancient Near Eastern Archives

The Aegean Minoan 3D GIS Project was initiated in 2007 to produce a three-dimensional (3D) full-color mapping of the archaeological sites of the Minoans in the Aegean Sea area using Google Earth. It is intended to be a definitive geographical reference available to everyone. While this is an ongoing project and we are always looking to improve it, thanks to contributing scholars and public volunteers it is by far the most comprehensive and accurate mapping of its kind ever made and includes the sites and features listed below.



All sites are referenced to the archaeological literature and have links to additional descriptive and visual information with some exceptions. 3D virtual reality panoramas like Bruce Hartzler's Metis QTVR catalog and the British School at Athens' 3D virtual reality tour of Knossos are included and all sites listed on Ian Swindale's excellent Minoan Crete website are linked to it.



I want to express my great thanks for the kind generosity of all the contributors and volunteers who are to be congratulated for making this possible. As always I would appreciate any additions, corrections, comments, or suggestions that anyone may have.

Best Regards,

W. Sheppard Baird
MinoanAtlantis.com


Aegean - Peak Sanctuaries:

• Kea, Troullos 45
• Kythira, Agios Georgios 373

Aegean - Sites:

• Chios, Emporio
• Kea, Ayia Irini
• Kos, Serayia
• Kythira, Kastri
• Kythnos, Skouries
• Lemnos, Koukonisi
• Lemnos, Poliochni
• Lesbos, Thermi
• Milos, Phylakopi
• Paros, Paroikia
• Paros, Prodromos
• Rhodes, Asomatos Kremastis
• Rhodes, Ialysos
• Rhodes, Trianda
• Samothrace, Mikro Vouni
• Thera (Santorini), Akrotiri

Anatolia - Sites:

• Çeşme - Bağlararası
• Iasos
• Knidos
• Liman Tepe
• Miletus
• Troy

Crete - Caves:

• Agios Charalambos
• Amnissos (Eileithyia)
• Aphendis Christos
• Arkalochori
• Arkoudiotissa
• Gerani
• Idaean
• Kamares
• Liliano
• Mameloukou Trypa
• Melidoni
• Patsos
• Pelekita
• Phaneromeni
• Psychro
• Sentoni Zoniana
• Skoteino
• Stravomyti
• Trapeza Tylissou
• Trapeza Tzermiadon
• Tsoutsouros

Crete - Geography:

• Ha Gorge
• Imbros Gorge
• Kamares Gorge
• Kourtaliotiko Gorge
• Lassithi Plateau
• Lassithiotika Ori (Dikti) Mountains
• Lefka Ori (White) Mountains
• Mesara Plain
• Mt. Dikte 2115
• Mt. Pachnes 2432
• Mt. Psiloritis (Ida) 2435
• Nidha Plateau
• Ornon Mountains
• Psiloritis Mountains
• Samaria Gorge
• Tallaia Mountains
• Therissou Gorge
• Thripti Mountains
• Zakros Gorge of the Dead
• Ziros Plateau

Crete - Neo-Palatial Villas:

Palatial:

• Ayia Triadha
• Knossos - Little Palace
• Knossos - Royal Villa
• Malia - Epsilon House
• Zakros - House A

Urban:

• Kommos - North House
• Mochlos - House C
• Palaikastro - Building One
• Petras - House One
• Pseira - Plateia House
• Stavromenos
• Tylissos - House A

Rural:

• Achladia
• Amnissos - House of Lilies
• Apodoulou
• Ayios Georgios (Prophitis Elias)
• Azokeramos
• Chondros
• Epano Zakros
• Kannia (Mitropolis)
• Kastelli - Pediada
• Klimataria-Manares
• Makriyialos
• Monastiraki
• Myrtos-Pyrgos - Villa
• Nerokourou
• Nipiditos
• Nirou Khani
• Pitsidias
• Plati
• Prassa
• Sklavokambos
• Syme - Building S
• Vasiliki - Villa
• Vathypetro
• Vrysses
• Xeri Kara
• Zominthos
• Zou

Crete - Palaces:

• Archanes
• Galatas
• Gournia
• Knossos
• Kydonia (Chania)
• Malia
• Malia - Mu Quarter
• Phaistos
• Zakros

Crete - Peak Sanctuaries:

Proto-Palatial Only:

• Aghia Kyriaki Gremnakas 133
• Aghios Mamas Kopida 944
• Anatoli Pandotinou Korifi 402
• Atsipadhes Korakias 682
• Demati 608
• Ephendi Christou 128
• Etiani Kephala 710
• Gonies Filioromos 768
• Gournia - South Hill 128
• Kalamaki 159
• Kastellos Koupa 1167
• Keria 1185
• Korakomouri 183
• Korfi tou Mare 784
• Liliano 538
• Mavrou Korifi 902
• Maza 448
• Modi 504
• Piskokephalo 83
• Plakias Paligremnos 192
• Preveli Korifi 371
• Profitis Elias 78
• Spili Vorizi 788
• Tapes Pano Kastello 1067
• Thylakas 495
• Trochilas Faneromeni 35
• Xerokambos Vigla 173
• Xykephalo 731
• Zakros Vigla 683
• Ziros Plagia 805

Proto & Neo-Palatial:

• Karfi 1073
• Kofinas 1166
• Petsofas 231
• Prinias 768
• Traostalos 495
• Tylissos Pyrgos 670
• Vrysinas 827
• Youkhtas 783

Crete - Sites:

• Adromili
• Aghia Kyriaki
• Aghia Pelagia
• Amatou Kastellakia
• Amnissos
• Anemospilia
• Armeni
• Avdou
• Ayia Photia
• Azoria
• Chamaizi
• Choiromandres
• Chrysokamino
• Chrysokamino - EM
• Chrysolakkos
• Fournou Korifi
• Galeni
• Gazi
• Gortyn
• Gouves
• Heraklion
• Itanos
• Kalathiana
• Kalo Horio
• Kardamoutsa
• Karfi
• Katsamba
• Katsounaki
• Kavousi
• Kefalia
• Kommos
• Kritsa
• Kroussonas
• Larani
• Lastros
• Lebena
• Lithines
• Lyktos
• Mochlos
• Mourakia
• Myrtos-Pyrgos
• Neapoli
• Palaikastro
• Papadiokambos
• Papoura
• Petras
• Pinakiano
• Plakias
• Poros Herakleiou
• Pressos
• Preveli
• Priniatikos Pyrgos
• Pseira
• Schinias
• Sissi - Kephala Hill
• Sitia
• Stylos
• Syme
• Trypiti
• Troullos
• Tylissos
• Vasiliki
• Vitsila
• Voni
• Vronda
• Xida
• Ziros

Crete - Tholos Tombs:

• Apesokari
• Apodoulou
• Armeni
• Ayios Kyrillos
• Kamilari
• Koumasa
• Krasi
• Nea Roumata
• Odigitria
• Papoura
• Phourni
• Phylaki
• Platanos
• Stylos
• Yerokambos

Greece - Sites:

• Aghios Stephanos
• Kolonna

Thanks for posting this on AegeaNet. I have no trouble getting the maps, but I'm unable to open the .kmz file in Google Earth. Is this just my problem, or a more general one?

Dear Judith,

You are the only one that has so far indicated a problem. Are you having this problem with any of the other posts?

Best Regards,

W. Sheppard Baird

http://www.minoanatlantis.com

Everything else seems to work. It could just be my abysmal inexperience with Google Earth and its files. Do let me know if it turns out to be a more general problem (with a solution).

Judith

Dear Judith,

It doesn't appear to be a general problem. If you wish, contact me through the Aegeanet or send me an email directly from my website by clicking on the Contact selection in the top right of any web page. I can then walk you through the problem and give you instructions on how to use Google Earth.

Very Best Regards,

W. Sheppard Baird

http://www.minoanatlantis.com

Try this, Judith:

Open an Explorer window (Windows Key + E)
Go to Tools > Folder Options> File Type tab.
Scroll down to the kmz and kml file types.
Highlight each one and click the 'restore' button.

That should do it.

Dear Lucia,

I haven't heard anything back from Judith so I think she is doing fine and able to view the dataset. I just wanted to thank you for your "Master Guide" technical assistance in helping her.

Best Regards,

W. Sheppard Baird

Hello W Sheppard Baird,

very impressive, and from just reading the bare post.............

I will go to "view in GE" or "view in GE map" after this response..............one more addition to the growing list of professional and well researched posts on GEC!!!

Five globes from me!!!!

Have you got more data that brings us closer to find out why this civilisation vanished?
Is the Santorini eruption still seen as the cause of the disappearance of the Minoan civilisation..............

here is a picture from me, I remember from school days(48 years) and later read ups on this. Ofcourse, the picture here is borrowed from wikipedia ...............but then thats the internet boom!!!!
the very famous fresco at the Minoan palace at Knossos, I remember from far back in my school history textbook!!!

Between my first response and this one, I have been busy reading from your website minoanatlantis.com and read your preface, for Minoan Psychopath, first.................very educative.

I then went on to read your publication section: The Origin of the Sea Peoples.

My previous readups on the Minoans and the Mediterranean world, left an impression that the Minoans and the later Mycenaean peoples were confined to the eastern part of this world with some trading links to the western parts of Mediterranean Europe.

Your write up The Origin of the Sea Peoples conclusively shows that the whole of this region was one great civilisation!!!

And , one corrects the lop-sided perception that ancient civilisations on a large scale were confined to areas from the eastern part of the Mediterranean eastwards - Minoans in Crete, eastwards to include Eygptians and Hittites and Mittani, and Sumerians/ Mesopotamia, and the Elamites etc in Iran, to the Indus Valley centres..........and then through the desserts of Central Asia to China( the last a little later!!!)
The correct picture is one huge sweep of civilisations from Spain through the whole mediterranean world and then eastwards as detailed above.

Thank you.

The Minoans and their western reach all the way to Spain is geographically in Europe...........but I would love to know if these peoples were Europeans as we understand for later periods..........can you throw some light on this?

You are a very valued addition to the GEC family!!!

geveN

Very nice, thanks.

I think we can put this in Moderated.