Comments on: Voyage to Crete: Falasarna

By: Daniela Letts

Daniela Letts — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:13:04 +0000

Just wondering if the dig is still continuing? and how it is going?
The comments on site are all dated 2009 and I wondered what progress had been made?
What is required to be part of the dig? how to get there? rules that apply? any time frame for staying? nearby accommodation?
Thanks for any feedback.

By: woody

woody — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:04:33 +0000

I was on this dig in ’91, I think it was. There is an acropolis there. I know we climbed up the rock face to get there. Very steep. It’s an Hellenistic period site. The entire western part of Crete was lifted out of the ocean a few meters over time due to earthquakes and/or plate techtonics. Very remote. Would love to go back some day.

By: Aaron Batchelor

Aaron Batchelor — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:48:09 +0000

Any update on the “fallen tower” that lies at the site? I am not an archeologist but visited in 1997 and was amazed at the potential of this site.

By: Maximilian Sulpicius Stadler

Maximilian Sulpicius Stadler — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:12:54 +0000

As far as I know Falasarna (resp. “Phalasarna”) was the name of a nymph, but I would be grateful if anyone could verify this by posting a trustworthy reference or even some background information on this nymph…

By: Michael Hill

Michael Hill — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:20:23 +0000

Amazing!

By: Stéphane ORSINI

Stéphane ORSINI — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:29:46 +0000

Does someone know the signification of “Falasarna” ?
Thank you for your response.

By: Jane Calvert Kimble

Jane Calvert Kimble — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:43:58 +0000

If you are studying a harbout, get an “old salt” and a builer and ask them when finds might have been located. The idea is that the ancients maybe did not build just by accident but from experience and would have picked certain site for certain construction.