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Arthur John Evans, who is curator of the Archaeological Museum in Oxford, began excavations on the island of Crete.By the time he was already a recognized scholar and archaeologist.In Crete, he excavated intermittently for 30 years.Already a few hours after the start of the city near the ruins of Knossos, archaeologists discovered the remains of the legendary Labyrinth - palace of the Minotaur.
Dig on the space of five hundred thousand square meters of palaces, villas, stone houses, many other buildings, not to mention the subjects of life, culture and art - it is certainly a great success! As a result of these studies was opened totally unknown until then, but One of the greatest ancient civilizations.
This civilization existed between the primitive age and antiquity, it was named Minoan. |
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