Knossos

A Complete Guide to the Palace of Minos

• Author(s): Anna Michailidou,
• Publisher: Ekdotike Athenon
• Pages: 128
• ISBN_10: 960213142X
  ISBN_13: 9789602131428
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Ancient / Greece , Social Science / Archaeology , Travel / Europe / Greece , Travel / Special Interest / General ,

Description:... Introduction; Historical outline; Myth and tradition; History of the excavations;Minoans and Knossos; The archaeological site; Route from Herakleion to Knossos; Tour of the palace; The main features; West court - west façade; West porch - corridor of the procession - central court; South propylaeum - west magazines - piano nobile; Throne room - tripartite shrine - pillar crypts; Grand staircase - hall of the double axes - queen's hall; Upper floor of the domestic quarter - shrine of the double axes; Royal workshops and magazines - east hall; North entrance - north lustral area - theatral area; The dependencies of the palace; Art treasures from Knossos.