Archaeological Site of Tylissos
Riveted bronze cauldrons unique in the Aegean, unearthed by chance in a Minoan mansion complex.
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This guide to the Archaeological Site of Tylissos near Heraklion starts with a 1906 farmer who struck metal while digging for stone, and the archaeologist Iosif Hatzidakis who arrived to excavate in earnest. You'll hear about the oversized bronze cauldrons that turned up in a grand Minoan mansion, and why archaeologists think they were built for lavish feasts rather than everyday cooking. It also traces the mansion through the fire that struck Crete's palaces around 1450 BCE and the water channel the Minoans engineered on this ridge.
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