The Palace of Minos
The Palace of Minos
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GBPInspired by Schliemann's discoveries at Mycenae and Troy, Sir Arthur John Evans (1851–1941), keeper of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum from 1884 to 1908, trustee of the British Museum and fellow of the Royal Society, used his inherited wealth to purchase land in Crete at Knossos. From 1900 he commenced excavations there in co-operation with the British School at Athens. Work continued for eight full seasons, uncovering a Bronze Age palace and bringing to light further architectural and artefactual remains of Minoan civilisation, including numerous texts in Linear A and Linear B. Evans' speculative reconstruction of the site in reinforced concrete remains controversial, and some of his interpretations are disputed, but his pioneering work is painstakingly detailed in this highly illustrated multi-volume work, published between 1921 and 1935, with an index volume appearing in 1936. Part 2 of Volume 2 first appeared in 1928.
Product details
August 2013Paperback
9781108061032
504 pages
297 × 210 × 26 mm
1.19kg
339 b/w illus. 5 colour illus. 5 maps
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Table of Contents
- 50. 'House of the Chancel Screen' and 'Royal Villa'
- 51. The 'North-East House' and the import of its contents
- 52. The 'House of the Frescoes'
- 53. Influence of natural and other designs of M.M. III wall-paintings on late Minoan ceramic decoration
- 54. 'The Little Palace' and its pillar cult
- 55. Extension of the town of Knossos
- 56. The 'Broad Knossos' of Homeric tradition
- 57. State approach to palace from north and west
- 58. North-west corner entrance to palace, and sanctuary hall
- 59. The west court: its causeways and altars
- 60. Palatial bronze hoard from north-west treasure house and contemporary deposits from private houses
- 61. West porch and entrance system, earlier and later
- 62. The 'South Propylaeum', earlier and later , and 'cup-bearer fresco'
- 63. The procession fresco, with comparative materials
- 64. Ceremonial south-north corridor, I
- 65. Ceremonial south-north corridor, II
- 66. Double façade of palace on central court
- 67. Lion's head 'rhytons' of Minoan rhea.
