Kamilari

Kamilari is a Minoan tholos tomb cemetery on Crete, 3 km west of Phaistos, discovered in 1959 by Italian archaeologist Doro Levi and dated to c. 2000 BC. The main tomb (Tholos A) has an internal diameter of 7.65 meters with walls 1.75 m thick and was used for burials across multiple periods from Middle Minoan through Late Minoan. Excavations yielded about 2,500 vases, clay models depicting ritual scenes, and the famous 'Kamilari Dancers' -- a terracotta statuette of four figures dancing in a circle, now in the Heraklion Archaeological Museum.