The Knossos labyrinth : a new view of the "Palace of Minos" at Knosos /
Knossos, like the Acropolis or Stonehenge, is a symbol for an entire culture. The Knossos Labyrinth was first built in the reign of a Middle Kingdom Egyptian pharaoh, and was from the start the focus of a glittering and exotic culture. Homer left elusive clues about the Knossian court and when the l...
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1990
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The legendary Knossos
- 2. The discovery of the labyrinth
- 3. Arthur Evans and the 1900 dig at Knossos
- 4. The neolithic and pre-palace periods at Knossos
- 5. The bronze age palace : Sir Arthur Evans' interpretation
- 6. Wunderlich's 'Palace of the dead'
- 7. The temple of the goddesses
- 8. Beyond the labyrinth walls
- 9. The lady of the labyrinth
- 10. The bull dance
- 11. The Thera eruption
- 12. The fall of the labyrinth
- 13. The journey of the soul.
