Crete - Mt Ida (Mt Psiloritis) 
The ascent of Mount Ida (Mt Psilorítis, 2,456m/8,058ft) is a rewarding but strenuous climb (warm clothing and supply of food essential, guide advisable). The starting-point is either Kamáres (with the cave in which the polychrome pottery of the Middle Minoan period known as Kamáres ware was found), from which it is about nine hours' climb to the summit, or the village of Anóyia (eight hours). On the north flank of Mount Ida, at a height of 1,280m/4,200ft, is the Idéon Ántron, a Minoan cult cave.
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Mt Psilorítis - Idaian Cave
20km south of Anogia on the upland plain of Nidas, on Mt Psolorítis, lies the sacred Idaian cave. According to mythology, it was here where Rhea hid the baby Zeus from the murderous Kronos.
Cult objects have been found here, along with statues and bronze shields and other finds now on display in the Herakleion Archeological Museum.
Cult objects have been found here, along with statues and bronze shields and other finds now on display in the Herakleion Archeological Museum.
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