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Humanities THE KNOSSOS LABYRINTH A new view of the ‘Palace of Minos’ at Knossos 4 Copyright 5 Contents 8 List of illustrations 10 Acknowledgements 13 Introduction 14 1 The legendary Knossos 20 2 The discovery of the Labyrinth 31 Identifying the site 31 Minos Kalokairinos and Heinrich Schliemann 35 3 Arthur Evans and the 1900 dig at Knossos 40 Prelude to excavation 40 The excavation begins 43 ‘Reconstitution’: persuading with concrete? 45 Persuading with words 48 4 The neolithic and pre-palace periods at Knossos 51 Development of the neolithic settlement 51 The ‘pre-palace’ bronze age 53 5 The bronze age palace: Sir Arthur Evans’ interpretation 56 The west wing 56 The East Wing royal apartments 61 Architecture, fresco and the status of women 64 Room for doubt 68 6 Wunderlich’s ‘Palace of the Dead’ 72 The Egyptian connection 75 Fire and funerary ritual 78 Shortcomings of the Wunderlich hypothesis 80 7 The temple of the goddesses 83 ‘A vision of divinity’ 83 The temple architecture 88 The Throne Sanctuary 90 The Snake Goddess Sanctuary 92 The Destroyed Sanctuary 96 The Cupbearer Sanctuary 96 The Lotus Lamp Sanctuary 110 The Initiation Area 111 The Concourse And Service Quarter

Author

RODNEY CASTLEDEN

Published

2019

Language

EN