The Palace of Knossos

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The Palace of Knossos
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WHERE?
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IN CRETE
Where is Crete on the map?
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Ancient Greece
Knossos lies in the north central part of Crete
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Knossos is next to the city of Heraklion
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WHY IS THE PALACE FAMOUS?

• Because of the myth of the

HOW?
MINOTAUR
Half man Half bull
He lived in a labyrinth under the Palace
of Knossos
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KING MINOS THE LABYRYNTH
King Minos ordered to build a maze ( labyrinth)
as a prison For the Minotaur, a monster who was
half a man/half a bull
LABYRINTHgt LABRYS double AXE Magical significance
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KING MINOS
It is after him that Sir Arthur Evans called the
civilization and art he discovered as
MINOAN CIVILIZATION/ ART
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WHO is this man?????
Sir Arthur Evans
JOB archeologist He begins on March 23, 1900,the
excavation of Knossos. He spends all his life
working on it
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MAIN ENTRANCE
HOW?
THEATRE
THRONE ROOM
STORE ROOMS
THE GRAND STAIRCASE
CENTRAL COURT
THE WEST COURT
ROYAL APARTMENTS
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• There are about
• 1300 rooms
• connected
• with corridors
• 2. SIZE six acres
• 3. How many
• entrances?
• Four, on each of its
• four
• cardinal points

WHEN WAS IT BUILT? BETWEEN 1700 1400 BC
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THE MINOAN COLUMNS

• Different from
• other Greek
• columns

wider
2. They were constructed from the trunk of a
cycpress tree
smaller
3. SMALLER at the bottom and WIDER at the top
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FRESCO
BULL-LEAPING
MAN Dark skin
WOMAN Light skin
The BULL
Second phase An athlete vaults Over the bulls
back
Third phase the athlete jumps on the ground
First phase of the activity An athlete grasps
the Bulls horns
The fresco describes three different moments of a
sport/activity