Anemospilia

A Minoan temple on the northern slope of Mount Juktas, Crete, about 7 km from Knossos, excavated in 1979 by Yannis Sakellarakis [1] [2]. The building consists of three rectangular rooms with a north-facing corridor [3] [4]. Destroyed by earthquake around 1700 BC, the site yielded controversial evidence of what excavators interpreted as human sacrifice: a young man found on an altar with a bronze blade and signs of exsanguination [1] [3] [5]. This interpretation remains debated among scholars [1] [5].