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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LW8_the-work-of-the-knossos-scientific-committee-on-the-palace-and-the-archaeological-site_GR.html
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The "Palace and Archaeological Site of Knossos" project, intended both to deal with the various problems faced by the monument and to promote it, was included in the 3rd Community Support Fund (CSF) in 2000, to be implemented by t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LVK_north-entrance-north-pillar-hall_GR.html
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An open air passage linked the Central Court with the North Entrance. It was paved and sharply inclined towards the north.
The passage is narrow. Right and left were two raised colonnades known as "Bastions" (Figure 1).
Arth…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LV8_conservation-restoration-of-the-west-magazines_GR.html
The complex of the "West Magazine", an impressive row of eighteen long, narrow spaces (numbered in Latin numerals from one to eighteen), forms the main storage area of the Palace of Knossos.
The construction-restoration work, undertaken between…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LV1_water-and-drainage-conduits_GR.html
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In front of you can be seen part of the water system that channelled drinking water from a source in the vicinity of the palace. This took the form of a series of clay pipes with one end narrower than the other so that they could …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LUX_the-magazines-of-the-giant-pithoi-and-the-east-bastion_GR.html
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The great pithoi (storage jars) you see before you, were found in a place named by Evans, the "Magazines of the Giant Pithoi" (Figure 1). These magazines are one of the older parts of the Palace. The pithoi are set apart by their …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LUE_the-hall-of-the-double-axes-and-the-queens-megaron_GR.html
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Archaeological information concerning political organization during the Minoan period is very limited. Nevertheless, the mythological tradition concerning King Minos and Evan's notions concerning the institution of kingship have i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LUD_shrine-of-the-double-axes_GR.html
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The room before you was made into a shrine at the end of the Postpalatial period (1375-1200 B.C.). It is known as the "Shrine of the Double Axes" (Figure 1). On a bench at the back, different ritual objects were found amongst whic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LTM_south-entrance-corridor-with-the-prince-of-the-lilies-fresco_GR.html
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The south part and south facade of the Palace is very eroded. Today one can only see foundations on tiered levels. At the bottom, a tower-like projection is all that remains of the south entrance to the Palace. An ascending corrid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LTL_west-magazines_GR.html
Looking down, you can see the start of the corridor that joins eighteen long and narrow storerooms, covering an area of 1300 square meters (Figure 1).
In the floor of both the storerooms and corridor, there are ninety-three rectangular cists, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LTK_piano-nobile_GR.html
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The great staircase and the upper floor to which it leads are largely Evan's creations. Evans thought that it had a function rather like the first floor of Italian Palazzi of the Renaissance, which was called the "Piano Nobile" (F…