Palace Of Knossos - Alternative View

Palace Of Knossos - Alternative View
Palace Of Knossos - Alternative View

Video: Palace Of Knossos - Alternative View

Video: Palace Of Knossos - Alternative View
Video: Greece - Crete//Knossos Palace - The Late Bronze Age 2024, November
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The palace of Knossos, in which, according to legends, King Minos and his daughter Ariadne lived (remember the myth of the labyrinth of the Minotaur), was destroyed 3600 years ago by a volcanic eruption on the island of Santorini.

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In 1900, excavations began in Crete, led by an archaeologist from England Arthur Evans. It was he who discovered the Palace of Knossos, which is now called the eighth wonder of the world. Among other things, a sewerage system with a water flush system was found in the palace. The funniest thing was that there was no sewage system in Crete at that time. Evans is said to have joked about this often: "I am the only person on the island who has a real toilet."

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Modern guides must show tourists the sewage system, water supply and ventilation systems, but usually the tour follows one route and few people go down to other levels of the palace.

I have visited such places where tourists hardly go and saw a lot of interesting things there. For example, the lower the level, the more perfect the masonry and the level of stone processing becomes, although there are more ancient layers.

For comparison - the masonry is more modern to us, completely primitive.

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And these are ancient blocks.

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Descent down - and more and more perfect masonry.

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It is curious that in some places these ancient processed blocks seem to be covered on top by other stones, very different in appearance.

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Gutter system (and not only?) - pay attention to the level of finishing.

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The large number of amazingly worked stone fragments and columns is also amazing.

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The texture of some stone blocks and supports is interesting. Outwardly, they look like wood - in shape, color and texture, but in fact it is a stone.

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Natalia Trubinovskaya