August 29, 2019
Visited the Palace of Knossos on my LAST day in Crete.
Wikipedia.
Knossos
Κνωσός
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Restored North Entrance with charging bull fresco
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Crete, showing Heraklion, location of ancient Knōsos
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| Alternative name | Cnossus |
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| Location | Heraklion, Crete, Greece |
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| Region | North central coast, 5 km (3.1 mi) southeast of Heraklion |
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| Coordinates | 35°17′53″N 25°9′47″E |
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| Type | Palace complex, administrative centre, capital of Crete and regions within its jurisdiction |
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| Length | North-south length of inhabited area is 5 km (3.1 mi)[1] |
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| Width | East-west width of inhabited area is 3 km (1.9 mi) max. |
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| Area | Total inhabited area: 10 km2 (3.9 sq mi). Palace: 14,000 m2 (150,000 sq ft)[2] |
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| Height | Unknown |
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| History |
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| Builder | Unknown |
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| Founded | First settlement about 7000 BC. First palace dates to 1900 BC. |
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| Abandoned | Some time in Late Minoan IIIC, 1380–1100 BC |
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| Periods | Neolithic to Late Bronze Age. First palace built in the Middle Minoan IA period. |
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| Cultures | Minoan, Mycenaean |
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| Associated with | Middle Minoan: people of unknown ethnicity termed Minoans Late Minoan: Mycenaean Greeks |
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| Site notes |
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| Excavation dates | 1900–1931
1957–1960
1969–1970 |
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| Archaeologists | Initial discoverers of the palace: Arthur Evans; David George Hogarth, Director of the British School of Archaeology at Athens; Duncan Mackenzie, superintendent of excavation; Theodore Fyfe, Architect; Christian Doll, Architect
For the additional work on the Neolithic starting in 1957: John Davies Evans |
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| Condition | Restored and maintained for visitation. |
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| Management | 23rd Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities |
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| Public access | Yes |
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| Website | "Knossos". British School at Athens.
"Knossos". Odysseus. Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-06-17. |
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Settled as early as the
Neolithic period, the name Knossos survives from ancient Greek references to the major city of Crete. The palace of Knossos eventually became the ceremonial and political centre of the
Minoan civilization and culture. The palace was abandoned at some unknown time at the end of the Late Bronze Age, c. 1,380–1,100 BC.
[4] The reason why is unknown, but one of the many disasters that befell the palace is generally put forward.
In the First Palace Period (around 2,000 BC), the urban area reached a size of as many as 18,000 people.
[5] In its peak, the palace and surrounding city boasted a population of 100,000 people shortly after 1,700 BC.
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