Epano Zakros

Just outside the village of Epano Zakros an LM I building was excavated in the 1960s. Unfortunately the building was seriously damaged by the construction of the modern road from Epano Zakros to Kato Zakros, where the palace is to be found. The original building had at least three terraces. On the lowest terrace there are scant remains of room 1, which contained a wine press. The fact that fresco fragments had fallen into this room from above suggests that the villa had some luxuriously decorated upper rooms. Photographed here are the rooms from the second terrace. In the first photo we can see rooms 3 and 2 in the foreground, with the drainage channel. Beyond these rooms are rooms 4 and, with the pillar in the centre, room 6. Room 6 was a large storeroom which contained eight large pithoi, on one of which was found a Linear A inscription. The third terrace was unfortunately badly damaged by the building of the road and little now remains.

Room 3 (foreground) with room 2 behind	Stone drain in room 3
Part of the third terrace	Room 2 (foreground) and room 3 behind
Room 4	Room 6
Room 4 (foreground) and room 6