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GREECE CRETE LASITHI ETIA FARMAKOKEPHALO

2024-10-28
Farmakokefalo hill Farmakokefalo hill

Above:Tthe hill of Farmakokefalo, looking to the Northwest. Here, between the villages of Papagiannades and Sklavi, a Late Minoan cemetery (LM III, ca. 1300 BC) has been detected on its eastern side near the hilltop. - Below: Entrance and empty interior of one of the rock-cut chamber tombs with a diameter of about 3 m.
Farmakokefalo chamber tomb Farmakokefalo chamber tomb
Farmakokefalo chamber tomb olive trees

Above left: Another tomb, with collapsed ceiling, seen from above. - Below left: View from the hill of Farmakokephalo to the bay of Sitia in the North.
view to Sitia landscape