It took fifteen years to complete the film \u201cMyths of Ida\u201d, a 72 minutes documentary which follows professor Yannis Sakellarakis\u2019 archaeological searches on the Psiloritis, the sacred mountain of Crete. The archaeological digs, which lasted twelve years, took place at the Cave of Ida (altitude 1.600 m.), the birthplace of Zeus and cult centre for thirty five centuries, and at Zominthos (altitude 1.200 m.), an important settlement of 1600 B.C. which lies midway between Anoghia and the Cave of Ida. The film follows the digs throughout these years (the organization, the problems, the execution, the finds, the restorations etc.) and examines the role of the Cave of Ida as a cult centre and of Zominthos as the administrative centre for the Psiloritis\u2019 resources and wealth. At the same time it examines the relation of Ida\u2019s Cave with the Minoan civilization and the wider region of the Eastern Mediterranean. The film is nonetheless and above all an essay on man\u2019s relation with time. It approaches in a way the archaeologist\u2019s Yannis Sakellarakis relation with time, in his desperate effort to reveal and understand Crete\u2019s and the Psiloritis\u2019 past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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