Agioi Deka ruins of Gortys. There is a local archaeological museum containing finds from the area. Other archaeological remains include the "Praetorium" located between Agioi Deka and Gortys, the tombs of Agioi Deka and the old church in the centre of the old village. The name of the village means Ten Saints, referring to the ten Martyrs of Crete (Agathopus, Basilides, Gelasius, Evaristus, Eunician, Euporus, Zoticus, Theodulus, Saturninus, and either Cleomenes or Mobius or Pompeius) who martyred there in 250 AD during the religious persecutions of the Roman emperor Decius. At the site of their martyrdom stands a 12th-century church. Agioi Deka
Ramesh C. Deka Ramesh C. Deka Ramesh C. Deka (; born 1 October 1948 in Assam) is an ENT specialist and the Ex-Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, which is globally recognised as the premier Medical Institute of India. He is one of the pioneers of cochlear implant surgery in India and has performed the country's first bilateral cochlear implantation surgery. An accomplished ENT surgeon and a reputed teacher, Prof. Deka has performed over 300 cochlear implant surgeries, including 200 in children, with excellent results. He is an expert in endoscopic sinus and laryngeal/voice surgery. He has published more