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Rock ArtSite Name: Irakleia - Cyclades Petroglyph 1 Alternative Name: Bousoulas Aghiou Athanasiou
Country: Greece Region: Greek Islands Type: Rock Art
 Nearest Village: Aghios Georgios
Latitude: 36.847910N  Longitude: 25.453351E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 4

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Irakleia - Cyclades Petroglyph 1
Irakleia - Cyclades Petroglyph 1 submitted by alastor : Iraclia - Cyklades (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock Art in the Greek Islands. This spiral shaped petroglyph is (was) in quite a poor condition, located a little bit above the small church of Aghios Athanasios in the deserted village of the same name.

Since 1998 more than 10 spiral shaped petroglyphs and a "Calculation Grid" have been found at this site. (see the nearby sites list)

Note: We have had a report that this 5.000 year old spiral petroglyph has been destroyed with a hammer
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 nankm 0° Irakleia spiral shaped Petroglyph 4* Rock Art
 19m SE 141° Iracleia Calculation Grid* Carving
 434m WNW 302° Irakleia Spiral shaped petroglyph 2* Rock Art
 1.3km SSW 196° Irakleia Spiral shaped petroglyphs 3 * Rock Art
 18.0km ENE 74° Keros* Sculptured Stone
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 21.2km N 11° Zeus' Cave* Cave or Rock Shelter
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 25.9km N 0° Potami Kouros* Carving
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 37.8km WSW 238° Episkopi (Sikinos)* Ancient Temple
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 38.4km WNW 295° Spileo Stalaktiton* Cave or Rock Shelter
 48.0km S 182° Museum of Prehistoric Thera* Museum
 52.7km S 178° Episkopi Gonia cemetery* Rock Cut Tomb
 53.2km S 178° Zoodochos Pigi* Rock Cut Tomb
 53.7km S 178° Diapla* Ancient Village or Settlement
 53.9km S 178° Archaea Thera* Ancient Village or Settlement
 55.3km S 186° Akrotiri Stone Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
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The Punched/Engraved Spirals of Herakleia Island, Greece by davidmorgan on Sunday, 13 January 2013
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"A number of spirals, punched or engraved on rocks, that have been located during the last decade by archaeophiles on the small Cycladic island of Herakleia and, according to the KA΄ Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, are dated in the Early Bronze Age, that is in the third millennium BC, should be documented and studied thoroughly by expert archaeologists. The Herakleia spirals are not unique, since similar representations printed on rocks and cliffs also occur in more Aegean islands, such as Naxos, Andros, Astypalaia, etc, as well in mainland Greece, where Maroneia, Asphendou, Sykourion and Paggaion Mount, among other locations, offer analogous examples. The problem, however, becomes more complex and extremely interesting, given that such spirals printed on rocks have been located all over the world. Since spirals are not simple, random or meaningless geometric forms, their curious, wide use in so many different civilizations has to be investigated, while the reason motivating people to execute them on rocks must be explained. Furthermore, the continuously increasing sites in Greece preserving spirals punched or engraved on rocks demands the research and study of these artefacts of the past."

Christos Kanakis

http://openarchive.icomos.org/1236/

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Re: Irakleia petroglyphs by Martin_L on Wednesday, 21 January 2009
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Condition: 3, it is in reasonable condition. It is even visible without any special lighting.
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    Re: Irakleia petroglyphs by Alastor on Saturday, 24 January 2009
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    Dear Martin,
    O.K. if you say so. It was very difficult for me to see it when the sun was vertical.That's why I put 1
    Best regards,
    Alastor
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