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View to the west from the villa
Bench room of the villa
Close-up of the bench room
View to the west from the bench room
Remains of the wall before the bench room
View directly to the east from the villa, Mt Ida in the distance.
Eastern wall of the little megaron (building H).
North wall of the large megaron, looking west, villa below to the right
The oval house on top of the hill
Air view. With permission of Myers, Myers & Cadogan (1992:79)
Mt Modi from Chamaizi
Mt Selina from Chamaizi
Mt Ida from Chamaizi
View to the east from Chamaizi
View to the south from Chamaizi
View to the southwest from Chamaizi
Air view of Gournia. From Myers, Myers and Cadogan (1992), with permission.
Northern Minoan shrine, Gournia
Close-up of the Northern Minoan shrine, Gournia
Juktas as seen from the palace at Knossos
Section with photos, Juktas
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The north wall of the corridor (ramp). | Projecting part | View to the north |
Video taken at sunrise on the 22 September 1996.
Göran Henriksson, in Swedish, is giving the time from a radio-controlled watch when still photos are being taken.
View of the Central Court through the door into the Corridor of the House Tablets
The stone bowl at the western end of the Corridor
Close-up of the bowl
The refection at sunrise at the equinoxes; note the double axe on the left.
Close-up of the bowl and reflection
The lenticular depression in the wall where the reflection sppears
Close-up of the reflection
Sunrise at the equinoxes in a four-year cycle
The Ailias ridge opposite the south-east house
View from the east of the pillar crypt in the south-east house
View from the southwest of the pillar crypt in the south-east house
View to the east from the pillar crypt. The sun rose one moon month after the autumn equinox in the dip formed by the overlapping of two mountains,
just opposite the middle of the pillar crypt and over the altar in the Central Court.
View to the east from the grand staircase.
View to the southeast from the Central Court
View of Mt Selina to the south
View to the northeast from the Central Court
The kernos in the Central Court
The megaron built on the palace ruins in the north wing
The north wall of the megaron
The sea horizon from the megaron
Wall AB of the peak sanctuary looking towards A
Black and white photo of Wall AB looking towards A
Black and white photo of Wall AB looking towards B
Modi from Traostalos
Petsophas and Simodi from Modi
Petsophas from Modi
Corner C of the peak sanctuary. The wall CE was oriented very nearly to sunrise at the summer solstice in 2000 BCE.
Angle ABC of the peak sanctuary
View to the east from Petsophas. The east end of the wall CE is to the left.
View to the north from Petsophas.
View of the peak of Simodi to the south.
View of the peak of Traostalos to the south.
Aerial view of the palace. From Myers, Myers and Cadogan (1992:237), with permission.
View to the west.
View to the north from the west side of the central court.
View to the east.
Change in orientation between the west side of the central court and the west wall of the palace.
Philioremos from Sklavokampos.1996
View from the peak sanctuary on Pyrgos. 1996
Chapel east of room 1 of the peak sanctuary. 1996
Southwest corner of room 2 of the peak sanctuary. 1996
Part of a wall of room 1. 1996
View to the northeast with Stroumboulas in the center. 1996
View to the west. 1996
View to the south. 1996
Wall CD of the peak sanctuary, from C towards D
Wall CD of the peak sanctuary, from D towards C
Wall EF of the peak sanctuary, from E towards F
Tylissos from Pyrgos
The sea horizon from Pyrgos
View from the peak sanctuary to the south and the geographical pillar
View to the northeast
The wall YB at Traostalos
Vigla from Traostalos
Aerial view of the villas at Tylissos, with LM III house built over them. From Myers, Myers and Cadogan (1992:273), with permission.
The vestibule of villa A. Photo by Blomberg.
The vestibule of villa A, from Hazzidakis' report.
The entrance to villa C. Photo by Blomberg.
The eastern horizon from villa C. Photo by Blomberg.
Looking west from the entrance to villa C. Photo by Blomberg.
The mountain Pyrgos from Tylissos.
Middle Minoan wall looking east. It has an exact orientation to sunrise at the equinoxes.
Middle Minoan wall looking west.
Aerial view of the villa, from Myers, Myers and Cadogan (1992), with permission.
Close-up of the tripartite shrine and the pillared hall
The foundations of the tripartite shrine in the foreground and the pillared hall to the west in the background
The foundations of the tripartite shrine in the foreground and the ridge to the east in the background
Juktas from Vathypetro
The ridge in the west from Vathypetro
Vathypetro from the ridge in the east.
The cliff opposite the northern-most corridor of the west wing.
View of the cliff from the palace.
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