At the beach of Palekastro, in the position of Russolakos, a great and big town of the Minoan period was excavated.

It flourished during the post-Minoan period but some remains date back to the pre-Minoan period and the mid-Minoan period, mainly tombs with numerous bones very well preserved.

The anthropologists that studied the bones found important information on the body structure of the Minoans, who reportedly had an average body length of 1.60 for men and 1.50 for women.

A central road connects with 4 other roads that divide the town in 9 districts.

The houses that face the central road had imposing fronts, while a complete drainage system was functioning in all the districts.

In the district B, among others, there was a chamber-manor with 4 lines of columns and a kitchen, a "Lustral Basin", a well, a home shrine, a bath, and an oil storage room, while in other spaces there was an oil press.

Many vessels, vases, lamps, ect were also found. Chamber-manor were also found in other districts, while in one district a wine press was found. In another district, the famous in antiquity shrine of Diktaios Zeus was found.
Source: CreteSitia.gr