NAVIGATION Click on the image map at the top of the page or at the links below for further reading on Minoan Crete Minoan Civilization Minoan Palaces Sir Arth Evans Knossos Phaestos Archanes Gournia Iraklion Museum Ariadne Zeus-Europa Theseus Dikti Cave Labyrinth King Minos IMAGES There is a collection of images related to the Palace of Knossos available in the IMAGE GALERY You are welcome to ...

Sir Arthur Evans (1851-1941) Arthur Evans was a British archaeologist, born in Nash Mills, England, and educated at Harrow School, Brasenose College, the University of Oxford, and the University of G ttingen. From 1884 to 1908 he was curator of the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford. Evans visited Crete for the first time in 1894 in order to study and decipher the unknown script that could be made out ...