Palaikastro Kouros

Palaikastro Kouros
Palaikastro Kouros from behind
Height	50 cm
Created	c. 1450 BC
Discovered	1987 Palaikastro, Crete, Greece
Present location	Sitia, Crete, Greece

The Palaikastro Kouros (Greek: Κούρος του Παλαίκαστρου) is a chryselephantine statuette of a male youth (kouros) excavated in stages in the modern-day town of Palaikastro on the Greek island of Crete. It has been dated to the Late Minoan 1B period in the mid-15th century BC, during the Bronze Age. It is now on display in the Archaeological Museum of Siteia. Standing roughly 50 cm (19.5 in) tall, its large size by the standards of other figurines in Minoan art, and the value of its materials may indicate that it was a cult image for worship, the only one known from the Minoan civilization.