Hagia Triada
Hagia Triada (Ayia Triada, Agia Triada, Agia Trias): Αγία Τριάδα [aʝa triaða] - Holy Trinity) - archaeological excavations of the ancient Minoan settlement. The Hagia Triada is located at the western end of a prominent crest of the waterfront, with Phaistos in the eastern end and the Mesara Plain below.
In the area of the Hague Triads more plaques were found, covered with linear script A than in any other Minoan site. Geography
Hagia Triada is located in the south of Crete, 30-40 m. It is 4 kilometers from Fajstos, at the western end of Mesara. In this area there was a Minoan palace, and exclusive for the time the town and probably the royal villa. After the catastrophe of 1450, the town was rebuilt and re-inhabited after the 2nd c. P.n. Later Roman villas were built there. Archeology
The triad was discovered in 1900-1908 by the Italian Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Atene, headed by Federic Halbher and Luigi Pernier. The area included a small town and palace, an ancient irrigation system and early medieval graves with domes.
Archaeologists have discovered sarcophagi, where scenes of Cretan life have been painted. The dates were only known from stone sarcophagi and those with painted tales of minoese rituals. However, Minoan religious views were similar to the views of the inhabitants of Myken who took possession of the island in the 14th century BC. Such sarcophagi was originally used for the burial of princes.
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