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The palaces of Crete and their builders (1907)

Mosso, A. (Angelo), 1846-1910 · London, Unwin · leaf 83

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shigh, and the sea was once at the foot of the slope, but duringthe fifty centuries and more which have elapsed since then, the 78 PALACES OF CRETE AND THEIR BUILDERS shallow bay has silted up and the plain which now lies before thevilla has been formed. The Old River, or Geros Potamos as theGreeks… … FIG. S4-—VASE DISCOVERED AT HAGIA TRIADA BYPROF. F. HALHHERR. I explored the plain as far as the sea and found that itconsists ot pebbles and detritus carried down from the mountainsby the water. Besides the river Geros Potamos another torrent,the Majeros, flows from Mount Ida. The Islands of Letoe…

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