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August 13, 1966

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a reporter at large

KATO ZAKRO,

Joseph Alsop

REPORTER AT LARGE about the discovery and excavation of a Minoan palace at Kato Zakro, in Eastern Crete, which dates to the New Palace Era (1600-1450 B.C.)…