فیستوس

Also known as Phaestos, Phaestus, Festos

Phaistos (, ; Ancient Greek: , , Linear B: Pa-i-to; Linear A: Pa-i-to), also transliterated as Phaestos, Festos and Latin Phaestus, is a Bronze Age archaeological site at modern Faistos, a municipality in south central Crete. It is notable for the remains of a Minoan palace and the surrounding town.

Key facts

Ancient site.name: Phaistos
Ancient site.native_name: Pa-i-to
Ancient site.alternate_name: Phaestus
Ancient site.map: 285px
Ancient site.map_caption: Map of Minoan Crete
Ancient site.location: Faistos, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Ancient site.region: The eastern point of a ridge overlooking Messara Plain to the east
Ancient site.type: Minoan palace and city
Ancient site.area: for the palace. The city extended a few km into the valley below.
Ancient site.material: Trimmed blocks of limestone and alabaster, mudbrick, rubble, wood
Ancient site.built: First settlement dates to about 3000 BCE. First palace dates to about 1850 BCE. New palace dates to around 1700 BCE
Ancient site.epochs: Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age
Ancient site.cultures: Minoan
Ancient site.excavations: 1894, 1900–1920, 1950–1966, 2000–2004, 2007–present
Ancient site.archaeologists: Antonio Taramelli, Federico Halbherr, Luigi Pernier, Antonio Minto, Doro Levi, Vincenzo La Rosa, Fausto Longo
Ancient site.condition: Tamped soil, stone walkways, hand rails, lightly roofed areas
Ancient site.management: 23rd Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities
Ancient site.public_access: Yes