Apodoulou
Apodoulou—Αποδούλου—marks the remains of an ancient Minoan mansion or ceremonial building on Crete, set high above the Libyan Sea at about 450 metres (1,480 ft). The site’s story begins long before the Minoans: the area was inhabited from Late Neolithic times through the Late Minoan period, with the building itself in use during the Middle Minoan III period. In 1934, Spyridon Marinatos carried out the first excavations here, turning this windswept overlook into a place where texts and objects survive. Among the finds are Linear A inscriptions on a basin, fragments of a stone cylindrical jar, and a small golden axe—evidence that ritual or elite life could be read from everyday materials. …
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