Egypt - Knossos

Knossos

General view of the palace

Knossos excavations

Sir Arthur Evans is shown wearing a white suit, in the background

Knossos

General plan of the site

Knossos

Plan of the palace, LM period, ca 1500 BC

Knossos

View of the palace, with a “lustral basin” visible on the left, and a stairway on the right. ca 1500 BC

Knossos

View of a “lustral basin” largely restored. ca 1500 BC

Reconstruction drawing of a bathroom

Knossos, ca 1500 BC

Knossos

Example of a peir-and-door partition. ca 1500 BC

Knossos

Storage vessels as found in one of the magazine corriors

Knossos

Reconstructed view of palace, ca 1500 BC

Knossos

Reconstruction of the west wing facade facing into the central courtyard. ca 1500 BC

Knossos

Reconstruction drawing of the south wing staircase. ca 1500 BC

Knossos

Reconstructed view of the “Queen Megaron,” ca 1500 BC

Dolphin fresco, Knossos

LMI

Knossos

throne flanked by griffins. ca 1500 BC

“Ladies in Blue”

fresco, Knossos, LM I

“Bull Leapers”

fresco from Knossos, LM I

Fresco of “the Priest-King” or the “Prince with lilies.”

Knossos LM I. Incorrectly restored—the headdress belongs to a female figure

“La Petit Parisienne” the best-preserved of a series of a priestess figures being served by attendants

Knossis. LM I. Fresco

Bull rhyton from Knossos

LMI ca 1500 BC