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    Knossos (pronounced /(kə)ˈnɒsoʊs, -səs/; Ancient Greek: Κνωσσός, romanized: Knōssós, pronounced [knɔː.sós]; Linear B: 𐀒𐀜𐀰 Ko-no-so) is a Bronze Age...
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    Epimenides of Knossos (or Epimenides of Crete) (/ɛpɪˈmɛnɪdiːz/; Greek: Ἐπιμενίδης) was a semi-mythical 7th- or 6th-century BC Greek seer and philosopher-poet...
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    Knossos (Greek: Κνωσός, Knōsós, [knoˈsos]), also romanized Cnossus, Gnossus, and Knossus, is the main Bronze Age archaeological site at Heraklion, a modern...
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    special reference to the archives of Knossos – ETANA". Retrieved 9 June 2016. Hogan, C. Michael (2007) Knossos Evans, A.J. (1909). "Scripta Minoa – Volume...
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    of the island, especially to the south. Knossos – the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete. Knossos had an estimated population of 1,300 to...
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    the Knossos Tablets. It contains two works, Leonard Robert Palmer's The Find-Places of the Knossos Tablets and John Boardman's The Date of the Knossos Tablets...
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    Minotaur (category Knossos)
    Labyrinth to hold the Minotaur. Its location was near Minos's palace in Knossos. The Minotaur is commonly represented in Classical art with the body of...
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    inside the palatial complex of Knossos, Crete, in Greece. It is found at the heart of the Bronze Age palace of Knossos, one of the main centers of the...
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    snake goddess figurines were excavated in 1903 in the Minoan palace at Knossos in the Greek island of Crete. The decades-long excavation programme led...
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    the palace of Knossos, located in the southern periphery of the city and part of the Heraklion municipality. In Minoan times, Knossos was the largest...
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    Lines and renamed it Cruise Bonaria and the other one renamed Knossos Palace. The former Knossos Palace was under the Minoan Lines 20 years. For 20 years did...
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  • named the "Palace of Minos" – of the Minoan site of Knossos on Crete. Gilliéron was visiting Knossos on 1 May [O.S. 18 April], while Evans's draughtsman...
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    except for Knossos, which was itself destroyed roughly a century later. The term "palace" was introduced by Arthur Evans, who had interpreted Knossos as the...
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  • Winged Girl of Knossos is a children's historical novel by Erick Berry. Set in Bronze Age Crete, it is based on Greek mythology, Cretan history, and archaeological...
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    jewelry Fresco fragment of a dancing woman (Knossos, 1600-1450 BC) Bull leaping fresco(1600-1450 BC) from Knossos palace, acrobats leaping across a bull Boar...
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    "Quartier Mu" at Malia (Middle Minoan II period = MM II) Malia palace (MM III) Knossos (MM II or III) the Petras deposit (MM IIB), excavated starting in 1995...
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    airport at Chania serve international travelers. The Minoan palace at Knossos is also located in Heraklion. The earliest references to the island of...
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  • curator of the archaeological site at Knossos to replace MacKenzie. He was not required to assume the post of Knossos Curator until the spring of 1930. Meanwhile...
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  • of Knossos—in this pocket-sized volume entitled Cnossos : L'archéologie d'un rêve (lit. 'Knossos: The Archaeology of a Dream'; UK edition – Knossos: Unearthing...
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    of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos. Cornell University Library. London : Macmillan and Co. pp. §92, pp. 215-6...
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    BCE—Mycenaeans attack and capture Crete, destroying many royal palaces including Knossos. c. 1450–1300 BCE—Minoan Second Palace period ends and Late Minoan/Final...
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    surrounding the palace of Knossos. Lustral basins at various sites Lustral basin at the Throne Room, Knossos North Lustral Basin, Knossos Palace at Malia Lustral...
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    "Knossos Game – Zatrikion". Ancient Games - Playing the Board Games of the Ancient World. Retrieved 2021-12-26. Arthur Evans: "The Palace of Knossos"...
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    made this way. C. Michael Hogan. 2007. Knossos fieldnotes, The Modern Antiquarian Horgan, C. Michael (2008). "Knossos Fieldnotes". Retrieved 2009-07-23. Amie...
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    archaeologist to excavate Minoan Knossos, hired the Swiss artist Emile Gilliéron and his son, Emile, as the chief fresco restorers at Knossos. The restorations have...
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    Prince of the Lilies (category Knossos)
    the lilies and arm at right in the Knossos reproduction) The reconstruction of the so-called "Priest-king" from Knossos has always been uncertain. When the...
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    lionesses rest their front feet. Early imagery of a deity that was found at Knossos presents a goddess flanked clearly by two lions or lionesses, establishing...
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    of veneration and worship. Representation of the Bull at the palace of Knossos is a widespread symbol in the art and decoration of this archaeological...
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    much-photographed porous limestone horns of consecration on the East Propyleia at Knossos (illustration, right) are restorations, but horns of consecration in stone...
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  • reconstructed from flakes of fallen plaster and stucco, especially in those from Knossos and other sites in Crete. Fortunately those from Akrotiri have survived...
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