In the Lasithi region of Crete, the fountain known as Krya Siteias, or the Cold Water of Sitia, recalls the Byzantine era when such public sources served as vital gathering places. Its Greek name hints at its enduring purpose: a cool, reliable spring in a landscape of mountain and sea. Excavations nearby between 1978 and 1995 uncovered Protogeometric tombs, including a rock-cut ossuary and small tholos graves, revealing that this corner of Crete held significance for the living and the dead across many centuries.
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