The Palace of Minos at Knossos
Title | The Palace of Minos at Knossos PDF eBook |
Author | Chris Scarre |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 104 |
Release | 2003-12-04 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0190207752 |
On March 23, 1900, Arthur John Evans and his staff began to excavate on Crete, looking for the fabled site of Knossos, where an extraordinary civilization, a precursor to classical Greece, was rumored to have existed. Almost from the first shovel stroke, artifacts began to emerge. Evans realized that here was "an extraordinary phenomenon, nothing Greek, nothing Roman. A wholly unexplored world." The Palace of Minos at Knossos recounts the exciting story of uncovering a remarkable society lost to the world for 3,500 years, from its initial discovery through its excavation to the structure we see today. Sidebars on archaeological techniques, illustrations of the sites, tables, and diagrams throughout provide a wealth of information on the Palace. The use of artifacts and other "documents" recovered from the Palace bring out the voices of the people of the past, offering clues to who they were and how they lived. The Palace of Minos at Knossos concludes with an interview with archaeologist Chris Scarre who talks about the misperceptions about Knossos and what we really know about its culture.
PALACE OF MINOS,
Title | PALACE OF MINOS, PDF eBook |
Author | ARTHUR. EVANS |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781033977309 |
The Knossos Labyrinth
Title | The Knossos Labyrinth PDF eBook |
Author | Rodney Castleden |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 275 |
Release | 2012-10-12 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1134967853 |
Knossos, like the Acropolis or Stonehenge, is a symbol for an entire culture. The Knossos Labyrinth was first built in the reign of a Middle Kingdom Egyptian pharaoh, and was from the start the focus of a glittering and exotic culture. Homer left elusive clues about the Knossian court and when the lost site of Knossos gradually re-emerged from obscurity in the nineteenth century, the first excavators - Minos Kalokairinos, Heinrich Schliemann, and Arthur Evans - were predisposed to see the site through the eyes of the classical authors. Rodney Castleden argues that this line of thought was a false trail and gives an alternative insight into the labyrinth which is every bit as exciting as the traditional explanations, and one which he believes is much closer to the truth. Rejecting Evans' view of Knossos as a bronze age royal palace, Castleden puts forward alternative interpretations - that the building was a necropolis or a temple - and argues that the temple interpretation is the most satisfactory in the light of modern archaeological knowledge about Minoan Crete.
Knossos
Title | Knossos PDF eBook |
Author | Anna Michailidou |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Art, Cretan |
ISBN | 9789602131428 |
Introduction; Historical outline; Myth and tradition; History of the excavations;Minoans and Knossos; The archaeological site; Route from Herakleion to Knossos; Tour of the palace; The main features; West court - west façade; West porch - corridor of the procession - central court; South propylaeum - west magazines - piano nobile; Throne room - tripartite shrine - pillar crypts; Grand staircase - hall of the double axes - queen's hall; Upper floor of the domestic quarter - shrine of the double axes; Royal workshops and magazines - east hall; North entrance - north lustral area - theatral area; The dependencies of the palace; Art treasures from Knossos.
The Palace of Minos 4 Volume Set in 7 Pieces
Title | The Palace of Minos 4 Volume Set in 7 Pieces PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Evans |
Publisher | |
Pages | 3698 |
Release | 2013-07 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9781108061070 |
Inspired by Schliemann's discoveries at Mycenae and Troy, Sir Arthur John Evans (1851–1941), keeper of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum from 1884 to 1908, trustee of the British Museum and fellow of the Royal Society, used his inherited wealth to purchase land in Crete at Knossos. From 1900 he commenced excavations there in co-operation with the British School at Athens. Work continued for eight full seasons, uncovering a Bronze Age palace and bringing to light further architectural and artefactual remains of Minoan civilisation, including numerous texts in Linear A and Linear B. Evans' speculative reconstruction of the site in reinforced concrete remains controversial, and some of his interpretations are disputed, but his pioneering work is painstakingly detailed in this highly illustrated multi-volume work, published between 1921 and 1935, with an index volume appearing in 1936.
The Palace of Minos
Title | The Palace of Minos PDF eBook |
Author | Sir Arthur Evans |
Publisher | |
Pages | 452 |
Release | 1928 |
Genre | Crete (Greece) |
ISBN |
The Palace of Minos at Knossos
Title | The Palace of Minos at Knossos PDF eBook |
Author | Chris Scarre |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 50 |
Release | 2003-12-04 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0195142721 |
A very basic introduction to Sir Arthur Evans' famous excavations at Knossos and the reconstruction work he oversaw.