The Palace of Knossos Heraklion

Heraklion , Crete, Greece

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    The Heraklion Museum

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    ... from their old building to a brand new building. The "King with Lily Crown" is a very famous fresco found at the palace of Knossos, and is an iconic symbol of Minoan archaeology. Unfortunately, Indy told us, the fresco has been reconstructed from the ...

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    Heraklion - It's Heaven versus Hell!

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    ... is due to leave at 3pm so this would give us a good few hours ashore. One of the highlights would be a trip to the Palace of Knossos believed to be a staggering 3,700 years old and built by the Minoans. Legend has it that the mythological Minotaur, half ...

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    In search of the Minotaur

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    ... to their sun god being bull-like or the civilisation being bull worshiping. The many corridors and rooms at the palace of Knossos are marked with bull horns though an actual labyrinth on Crete has never been found, maybe the unsymmetrical and ...

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    Palace of Knossos & Lasithi Valley

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    ... across the Aegean Sea from Athens to the island of Crete.  We arrived at the airport in Heraklion. We took a bus to the Palace of Knossos, built in 1900 BC, destroyed by an earthquake and rebuilt in 1700 BC.  In 1899, Sir Arthur ...

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    The Palace of Knossos.

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    Today we had arrived at the island of Crete. I chose the palace of Knossos tour. This left the boat early, so I had to get up early, have breakfast and be at the palace theatre by 7.15am. There were only three people doing this tour. Myself, Kyle and ...

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    The Palace of Knossos

    ... .  Clean as a whistle and pretty new.  The driver took us the long way up in the hills to the Palace of Knossos. The hills are just lovely, all covered with fruit orchards, olive trees and vineyards. As we entered the Palace site, we hired a ...