From The Greek Reporter:
Archaeologists have presented the preliminary results of the ongoing excavation on Papoura Hill on Greece’s largest island of Crete, where a unique Minoan Labyrinth was discovered in 2024.
The site was discovered during work for the installation of radar systems for the new Heraklion airport.
According to Danae Kontopodi of the Heraklion Ephorate of Antiquities, the excavation has revealed a rare, monumental circular structure, impressive for its size, early date, and unique architectural design.
The President of the Association of Greek Archaeologists, Costas Paschalidis, described Papoura as “one of the most important archaeological finds of the 21st century for the prehistoric Aegean.”
With a diameter of 48-50 meters, this circular, labyrinthine building has no known parallel in prehistoric Crete or the wider Aegean region. Its design is reminiscent of the circular residential or funerary buildings found in the early Bronze Age in Mesopotamia, Syria, and Oman, as well as the circular enclosures of Neolithic and prehistoric Europe. (Read more.)
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