Ancient Cretan City Had A Secret Afterlife

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Some of the Iron Age pottery found in Knossos, demonstrating the city survived as a center of trade after its empire was gone. Todd Whitelaw

Knossos, Europe's first great city, didn't simply disappear at the end of the Bronze Age as previously thought. Instead, it recovered and thrived as a center of trade despite having lost its place as a hub of world power.