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Labyrinth - Knossos Myth and Reality (Paperback)
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Labyrinth - Knossos Myth and Reality (Paperback)
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Crete was famous in Greek myth as the location of the labyrinth in
which the Minotaur was confined in a palace at somewhere called
'Knossos'. From the Middle Ages travellers searched unsuccessfully
for the Labyrinth. A handful of clues that survived, such as a coin
with a labyrinth design and numerous small bronze age items. The
name Knossos had survived - but it was nothing but a sprinkling of
houses and farmland so they looked elsewhere. Finally, in 1878, a
Cretan archaeologist, Minos Kalokairinos discovered evidence of a
Bronze Age palace. British Archaeologist and then Keeper of the
Ashmolean Arthur Evans came out to visit and was fascinated by the
site. Between 1900 and 1931 Evans uncovered the remains of the huge
palace which he felt must be the that of King Minos, and he adopted
the name 'Minoans' for its occupants. He employed a team of
archaeologists, architects and artists, and together they built up
a picture of the Bronze Age community that had occupied the
elaborate building. They imagined a sophisticated, nature-loving
people, whose civilisation peaked, and then disintegrated. Evans's
interpretations of his finds were accurate in some places, but
deeply flawed in others. The Evans Archive, held by the Ashmolean,
records his finds, theories and (often contentious)
reconstructions.
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