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Knossos [site]

unknown (Minoan)
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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/129263
Date
-2000--1400
Description
Throne Room, frontal view of the stairs (Throne Room entry at right), from the east (the Throne Room dates to the fourth phase of the new palace or the Mycenaean phase); Was principal city of Crete throughout Antiquity; flourished ca. 2000-1400 BCE; was seat of legendary king Minos and labyrinth of Daedalus; best known for ruins of the great Minoan palace and Neolithic deposits. Source: Thesaurus of Geographic Names (Notes) [website]; http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/ (accessed 2/14/2008)
Type of Work
excavation (site)
Subject
Minoan
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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