bronze statue of ‘Horned God’, late Bronze Age (early 12th c. BC), Egkomi

19.4.22 Egkomi.

It is so surprising and touching at the same time that the site of such a brilliant and powerful culture has almost left no traces, having returned to nature. In order to reach the few ruins, one passes through a forest of ferula and, among the hewn stones, more ferula, wild asparagus bushes, yellow daisies, poppies, wheat. Beyond the site the plain, and in the background Pentadaktylos.