Kydonia
Kydonia—also known as Cydonia, Κυδωνία—was an ancient city on Crete near the west end of the island, at the site of present-day Chania. It is known from archaeological remains stretching from the Minoan era, and it was added as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2025. In the area of Kastelli Hill, the citadel of Chania’s harbor, excavations turned up ceramic sherds and finds from the Neolithic through Late Minoan IIIC. Systematic habitation of the hill began in Early Minoan (EM) II, when walls and ground floors appeared. During the MM IA period, around 2050/2000–1925/1900 BC, architecture was still pre-palatial; those levels were destroyed when a neopalatial town was constructed. In Middle Minoan III, roughly 1750/1720–1675/1650 BC, a palace was built and a large archive of 97 Linear A tablets was found—largely economic records listing agricultural produce, people, and animals. …
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