The Palace of Minos: A Comparative Account of the Successive Stages of the Early Cretan Civilization as Illustrated by the Discoveries at Knossos ... Library Collection - Archaeology)

by Arthur John Evans

Inspired 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. Volume 3 first appeared in 1930.

608 pages, Paperback

First published May 18, 2011

About the author

British archaeologist Sir Arthur John Evans unearthed remnants of a civilization of Bronze Age in Crete and after Minos, the legendary king, named it.

From the structures and artifacts at the palace of Knossos at Kephala hill, elsewhere on the Greek island, and in the eastern Mediterranean, he most famously developed the concept.

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