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The Palace of Knossos

The Palace of Knossos. WHERE?. IN CRETE. Where is Crete on the map?. Ancient Greece. Knossos lies in the north central part of Crete. Knossos is next to the city of Heraklion. WHY IS THE PALACE FAMOUS?. Because of the myth of the. HOW?. MINOTAUR. Half man Half bull. He lived in a

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The Palace of Knossos

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  1. The Palace of Knossos

  2. WHERE?

  3. IN CRETE Where is Crete on the map?

  4. Ancient Greece Knossos lies in the north central part of Crete

  5. Knossos is next to the city of Heraklion

  6. 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

  7. 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: LABYRINTH> LABRYS= double AXE Magical significance

  8. KING MINOS It is after him that Sir Arthur Evans called the civilization and art he discovered as … …MINOAN CIVILIZATION/ ART

  9. 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

  10. MAIN ENTRANCE HOW? THEATRE THRONE ROOM STORE ROOMS THE GRAND STAIRCASE CENTRAL COURT THE WEST COURT ROYAL APARTMENTS

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. FRESCO BULL-LEAPING MAN Dark skin WOMAN Light skin The BULL Second phase An athlete vaults Over the bull’s back Third phase: the athlete jumps on the ground First phase of the activity: An athlete grasps the Bull’s horns The fresco describes three different moments of a sport/activity

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