The forth largest Minoan palace, it was discovered on the bay where the hamlet of kato zakros lies.Excavation had begun in 1961 by n. Platon.It was one of the most important ports of Minoan Crete, the gateway to the east. Perhaps the > Cretans who were depicted in Egyptian tombs bearing gifts to the pharaoh, set out from this very bay. The palace was built in about 1700 b.c. and together with its outlying buildings covers an that the two storeyed building consisted of artefacts were found in the palace, many of these are unique.The excavation showed to have been an earlier and other installations which are judged to be pre-palatial. The destruction of the palace is dated to about 1450 b.c., the time were also destroyedτο
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