The Palace
 At the south west part of the central court is located a round table,
with little cavities around the edge and a bigger at the center, standing on a base.This table is believed to be a kind of kernos of the classic Greece. In the cavities the minoans put the seeds, offering to the god, so they wished to have a fruitful crop. This explanation seems more probable as this custom still exists in Crete. | |
 At the east side of the central court, with a pillared portico, was the palace's eastern entrance
near which there ware the rooms of the royal treasury. On the same side was arw of Magazines, narrow cells leeding off a communal corridor and occupied by pitoi (jars) standing on bases, with an arrangement for gathering liquids (channels and vases for oil and wine.)
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 About 500 m north of the palace was the necropolis, a royal burial enclosure, certainly belonging to the lords of Malia, suurounded on all four sides by levelled areas and perhaps by porticoes.Here was found the famous Bee pendant which is now on display at the Iraklion Museum. This pendant is in the shape of two bees, or wasps, storing away a drop of honey in a comb. The ancient cemetry is located at a place named Chryssolakkos a name that means the "pit of gold" beacause of the precious objects that the farmers used to find there. | |
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Prefecture of: County of: Municipality of: Location: zip code: telephone code: Information tel: Operating Days/ Hours Entrance Fees | Iraklion Pediada Malia Malia 700 07 Malia +30897 +31597 Every day except Monday from 8:30 to 15:00 800 drs |
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