Knossos [site]
unknown (Minoan)
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Date
-2000--1400Description
West Wall, frontal view, from the west; 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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