Anemospilia (Greek Aνεμόσπηλια, wind cave ') is the name of a Minoan temple on the northern slope of the mountain Giouchtas (Γιούχτας). It is located near Archanes in Crete.
The archaeologen couple Efi and Iannis Sakellarakis carried out excavations in this area since 1964 and discovered in 1979 the Minoan temple of Anemospilia. The archaeological site is located at an altitude of 440 meters. It is fenced today and not accessible to the public.
Around 1700 BC This temple had been destroyed by an earthquake. Of particular interest are four human skeletons found in the rubble - a man of about 17 years old was tied up on an altar, his carotid artery cut short before the catastrophe. The remaining three skeletons appeared to be priests and temple servants. The human sacrifice was presumably performed to appease the gods and avert the earthquake. This discovery was the first evidence of the existence of human sacrifices in the Minoan culture. Another confirmation was the finding of children's bones in Knossos.
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