Knossos

Palace of Knossos, located on the Greek island of Crete, was initially established in 1900 BCE. Not until 1900 CE, however, was this marvellous archaeological gem unearthed by a team of determined archaeologists, including the leader of the excavation, Sir Arthur Evans. The contents that were located by Evans have allowed multiple conclusions to be formulated. These conclusions define the society in which the Minoans engaged themselves. It can be stated that the society within the city of Knossos was a

Question Set #4: Gardner, Ch. 4 1. Cite at least three different functions that the Palace at Knossos served. The Palace at Knossos served as a landmark with mythological implications as it was said to be the home of King Minos and also gave rise to the important myth of Theseus. The maze like system of the palace was used to tell the story of Theseus who slew the Minotaur while being hunted by the creature in the Palace’s labyrinth. The Palace was also used for storing goods like wine, grain

Knossos is a palace that was first discovered in 1878 and excavated first in 1851 for 35 years by Sir Arthur Evans. The site was occupied roughly around 2000 B.C. The site is located on the island of Crete in Greece. The site has been destroyed and rebuilt twice due to catastrophes such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and fire, but its not sure to what is actual natural disaster it was. Knossos was inhabited by the Minoan civilization and was a very important city-state. The city had approximately

Under Knossos, the Minoan palace, on the island of Crete lurks a creature in an inescapable maze. The creature is the minotaur. From where did this myth originate? This article will discuss where the myth originated and how Knossos, Crete, and the minotaur relate. The white bull The myth originated in ancient Greece. King Minos (one of three sons of Zeus and Europa) became king when his stepfather died. He claimed that it was the will of the gods that he be king. In order to prove that it was the

Greece’s major dig sites is the palace of Knossos. The palace of Knossos stood on the island of Crete near the modern town of Heraklion at the co-ordinates 35° 17’ 52.66”N, 25° 9’ 47.36”E. It was the home of King Minos and his queen. The Palace is the setting for a myth where the queen gave birth to a being that was half man, half bull, the Minotaurs, which was kept in the labyrinth of the palace; He was eventually slayed by the Athenian Thesus. The Palace of Knossos was destroyed in the later classical

Knossos Knossos was excavated by Arthur Evans in 1900. The archaeological evidence suggests that it was first built around 2000 BC. Additionally, it also suggests that it was destroyed by an earthquake and rebuilt around 1700 BC. On the eastern side of the complex, the palace had four storeys; On the western side of the complex, the palace had three storeys. Additionally, it had a massive central court and storage areas. Knossos is an important site because it tells us about the economic, political

Sir Arthur Evans discovered the Palace of Knossos (Fig. 1) when looking for the legendary labyrinth of King Minos on the Island of Crete. According to the myth, King Minos had a complex labyrinth built to house the Minotaur, a monstrous creature his wife gave birth to. The palace’s construction was a maze of rooms with no logical set up and led Evans to think the palace itself was most likely the labyrinth. The myth states, every year seven girls and seven boys of a young age were chosen as tribute

My favorite topic from this weeks reading was the description of the Knossos palace complex. It astonishes me that the Minoan civilization was able to build a palace with multiple stories, flat roofs, and many columns. Even in todays times it’s not easy to build a huge multistory palace. In fact if the recreation shown in the book looks anything like the original palace then it seems to me like we have kept similar designs over all of these years. My initial thoughts about it was that it reminded

Part A: The Palace of Knossos is the most complex structure existing from the ancient Minoan Civilization on the island of Crete. It was built in the Minoan political center of Knossos by King Minos around 1900 BC. The palace is an extremely intricate building standing five stories with large, beautiful paintings on its walls known as frescos; it even had indoor plumbing. It is apparent that only the most important people in Minoan society lived in the palace because of its grandeur and beauty

The Palace of Knossos was the capital of Minoan Crete. The Place is grander, complex and flamboyant than any of the other palaces known to us. Knossos is located about twenty minutes south of the modern port town of Iraklion. The British Archaeologist Arthur Evans, the man who excavated the site in 1900 AD restored parts of the palace in a way that it is possible today to appreciate the grandeur and complexity of a structure that evolved over several millennia and grew to occupy about 20,000 square