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Knossos Ruins, and Other Interests
The theatre area. It is connect to the Royal Road
After Crete was liberated from Turks, a British Sir Arthur Evans who bought the site, started excavation in Knossos in 1900. Within three years, the greater part of the palace had come to light. Since then, Minoan civilization in Knossos have been recognized in the world gradually, although Evans' reconstruction works are very controversial.
The Knossos Palace is in a large scale, having entrances of west, south, east, north and the central court.
The prepalatial period: 2800-1900 BC, the old palace period: 1900-1700 BC, the new palace period : 1700-1400 BC, and postpalatial period: 1400-1100 BC..
West palace area.
The stairs on the right lead from the Central Court to the upper floor of the West Wing.. This is largely reconstructed by Evans.
The central tripartite shrine. The northern area.
The custom house and the north entrance area.
The Royal Road from the theatre.
Pithoi (storage jars) of the period of the reoccupation. The magazines(storages) with pithoi.
Those pithoi (storage jars) were found in the palace.
.The Kouloures, as rubbish dumps(?) as old as Pre-Palatial period (3200-1900 B.C.)
The throne room. The queen's magaron.
The antechamber to the throne room. : The fresco of the Prince with the Lilies .(replica)
The fresco of servants. (replica)
Wall of fresco at the throne room. (replica)
The fresco of the ladies (replica)
Blue bird and blue monkey frescos (replica)
The fresco of the dolphins in queen's chamber. (replica)
The following images were taken at museums.
Steatite rhyton in the shape of a bull's head, found in Knossos, Crete At the archeological museum in Heraklion, Crete.
The snake goddess, found in Knossos, Crete. At archaeological museum in Heraklion, Crete.
The fresco of the dancer from Knossos Ruin. (at Archaeological Museum in Heraklion)
The fresco of blue monkeys and the lady.
Those were found at Akrotiri Ruin at Thera, Santorini. Exhibit at Archaeological museum in Fira, Santorini
Boxing between two boys with a blue glove on one hand, and a fisherman carrying fish. Those were also found at Akrotiri Ruin in Snatorini.. They provide us with information of the civilized life of prehistoric era( before 1500-1600 B.C.) I made those images from a book.
