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2. Knossos - Wikipedia

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   The Palace at Knossos was organized around an open central court, labeled (1) in this map. The palace at Knossos was continuously renovated and modified throughout its existence. The currently visible palace is an accumulation of features from various periods, alongside modern reconstructions which are often inaccurate.

3. Knossos (modern history) - Wikipedia

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   Knossos (Ancient Greek: Κνωσός, Knōsós, ), also romanized Cnossus, Gnossus, and Knossus, is the main Bronze Age archaeological site at Heraklion, a modern port city on the north central coast of Crete.

4. Throne Room, Knossos - Wikipedia

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   The Throne Room was a chamber built for ceremonial purposes during the 15th century BC inside the palatial complex of Knossos, Crete, in Greece. It is found at the heart of the Bronze Age palace of Knossos, one of the main centers of the Minoan civilization and is considered the oldest throne room in Europe. [1] [2]

5. History of Crete - Wikipedia

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   The Bull-Leaping Fresco from Knossos showing bull-leaping, c. 1450 BC; probably, the dark skinned figure is a man and the two light skinned figures are women. The history of Crete goes back to the 7th millennium BC, preceding the ancient Minoan civilization by more than four millennia.

6. Minoan palaces - Wikipedia

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   Like the other palaces, the Palace at Knossos was organized around an open central court, labeled (1) in this map. The defining feature of a Minoan palace is its arrangement of multistory wings around a rectangular central court. Beyond that, the palaces shared a further common architectural vocabulary of room types, ornamentation styles, and ...

7. Minoan snake goddess figurines - Wikipedia

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   The younger "snake goddess", from the palace of Knossos. Heraklion Archaeological Museum . The combination of elaborate clothes that leave the breasts completely bare, and "snake-wrangling", [ 3 ] attracted considerable publicity, not to mention various fakes, and the smaller figure in particular remains a popular icon for Minoan art and ...