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Sir Arthur Evans and Minoan Crete : Creating the Vision of Knossos by Nanno Marinatos; is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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"Before Sir Arthur Evans, the principal object of Greek prehistoric archaeology was the reconstruction of history in relation to myth. European travellers to Greece viewed its picturesque ruins as the gateway to mythical times, while Heinrich Schliemann, at the end of the nineteenth century, allegedly uncovered at Troy and Mycenae the legendary cities of the Homeric epics. It was Evans who, in his controversial excavations at Knossos, steered Aegean archaeology away from Homer towards the broade
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Nanno Marinatos;
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury UK
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780755624102
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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