Minoans by J. Lesley Fitton5/9/2023 ![]() She notes that although other settlements on Crete around this time built palaces of their own, none was as large as Knossos. Lesley Fitton in her book " Minoans (Peoples of the Past)" (British Museum Press, 2002). When the palace was first constructed "it must have been a remarkable sight, quite unlike anything seen on Crete before," writes J. The site came to prominence in the early 20th century when it was excavated and restored by a team led by British archaeologist Arthur Evans. ![]() ![]() Built by a civilization that we call the Minoans, it covers about 150,000 square feet (14,000 square meters), the size of more than two football fields, and was surrounded by a town in antiquity. The Palace of Knossos is located just south of modern-day Heraklion near the north coast of Crete. ![]() The north entrance of the Palace of Knossos on the Greek island of Crete. ![]()
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