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First settled
Phaistos was first inhabited around 3600 BCE
Phaistos was one of the three largest cities of Minoan Crete, with Knossos and Malia. It was first inhabited around 3600 BCE, slightly later than Knossos. The first palace was built on a hill around 2000 BCE.
Rebuilt
The palace was rebuilt three times, then ended around 1400 BCE
The first palace was destroyed and rebuilt three times in a period of about three centuries. The last palace was destroyed around 1400 BCE and not rebuilt. This may have been caused by a large earthquake.
The plan
The palace had a theater area, shrines and a view of Mount Ida
The first level contained the theater area and some shrines, and the theater was larger than the one at Knossos. The entrance from the central courtyard led to royal apartments in the northern section, with a view of the tops of Psiloritis.
The Disc
The Phaistos Disc was found in a basement room in 1908
In 1908 the Phaistos Disc was found in a basement room, Room 101, along with a Linear A tablet, on the northern side of the palace. The pottery found with it dates to approximately 1800 BCE.
Excavation
A ship captain located the site in 1853, and excavation began in 1900
Phaistos was located in 1853 by Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt, a ship captain, who found a village of 16 houses on the ridge. From 1900 to 1904 Federico Halbherr and his student Luigi Pernier excavated there.
Day 8, midday
It comes after Gortyn. Then Hagia Triada.
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