Lera
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Dan Diffendale, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Dec 15, 2022 09:32 PM
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History
An ancient cave sanctuary on the Akrotiri peninsula of Crete.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589904
35.5904931, 24.1018918
- Representative Locations:
- Imagery Location of Mouth of Lera Cave (modern) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Λερά (Lera: Modern Greek)
- Lera located on Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
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sanctuary (religious center), cave
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 60 B1 Lera
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Lera, Stavros
J. Bennet, G. Reger, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Dan Diffendale, and Tom Elliott, 'Lera: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589904> [accessed: 25 April 2024]
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