Knossos Royal

... symbol of the sacred bull.  There were many replicas of frescoes.  Several large pithoi, storage jars, were unearthed at Knossos.  The jars were used to store olive oil, wine and grain.  The Minoan columns were made of Cypress ...

... . What a loser. Finally, shortly after 9, we walked into the travel office and got ourselves a map and asked for directions to Knossos, the nearby ancient ruin. She nicely told us that the bus left from just down the street (lucky us!), and we headed to ...

... dominant civilisation or real hegemony or something else). The Athenian king, Aegeus was required to send virgins (male & female) to Knossos to satisfy the Minotaur (the supposed son of King Minos, with a bull’s head but really a remembering of ...

... . i realize i am taking forever and probably boring you, so i'll try and get to the point quicker: crete-iraklio (knossos), hania (gorge, beach) done. just joking. sometimes i crack myself up. Anyway, we got to iraklio and set ourselves up at ...

... objects like jewelry, seals, vases, tools, statues, and script. The significance of this place is that the Palace of Knossos is the first known civilization that we have artifacts from. The palace that they built was huge and magnificent. The ...

... and good conversation with our innkeeper and we finally pulled out of Channia at noon.  First destination was Knossos, the site of a very large royal Minoan palace.  Like Gortyns, it got busted up around 1700 BC with an earthquake, rebuilt and ...

... on Crete on the northern east coast and where the port is for the ferry), but all was not lost since a the famous ruin - Knossos - is only 5 kms and a short bus ride from Heraklion, so we just switched gears and went there instead.  Knossos is ...

... Athens in the burials around Kerameikos c900BC which suggest a thriving city with trade links around the Aegean, as far as Knossos (Crete). Athens was originally ruled by kings, supported by an aristocracy (Eupatridae) until 9thC BC. They rules through a ...

... leading down to where the water would collect, except that day. This place reminded me a lot of the Palace of Knossos on Crete. The Minoans and Mycenaeans were very similar contemporaries. The significance of this place is amazing considering the huge ...

... waiting to take us on a tour. Our newly hired driver takes us through the olive groves to The Minoan Palace of Knossos, which is near Heraklion. During the periods between 2600-1700 BC this palace rose and fell when it was destroyed around 1620 BC ...