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Site · Greece

Knossos

1900–1350 BCE

Knossos is the largest Minoan palace, on a hill south of Heraklion, built around 1900 BCE, rebuilt after 1700 and used until about 1350, excavated and partly reconstructed by Arthur Evans from 1900. It is the centre of the Minoan world and the legend of the labyrinth.

CountryGreece
State / provinceCrete
Dates1900–1350 BCE
StatusArchaeological site
Managed byHellenic Ministry of Culture, Ephorate of Antiquities of Heraklion
AccessOpen to the public; finds are in the Heraklion Archaeological Museum
Coordinates35.298, 25.163 (public site)

What was found

Evans's excavations recovered the throne room, frescoes of bull-leapers and the Prince of the Lilies, Linear A and Linear B tablets, Kamares ware, faience snake goddesses, sealstones and the storage magazines with pithoi. The Heraklion museum holds the frescoes and the snake goddesses.

Rules

Nothing may be collected, dug, moved or removed at Knossos; it is a protected archaeological site managed by Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Ephorate of Antiquities of Heraklion, and taking artifacts, stones or samples is an offence. Greek law vests all antiquities in the state, and removal or export is a crime. This article is for study and context only and is not a collecting locality.

Elsewhere

Cite this article

Stratum Strata. "Knossos" (Site). Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21. https://stratum.black/strata/sites/knossos. Accessed 2026-09-21.

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