1. The Palace of Knossos

3. IN CRETE Where is Crete on the map?

4. Ancient Greece Knossos lies in the north central part of Crete

5. Knossos is next to the city of Heraklion

6. WHY IS THE PALACE FAMOUS? Because of the myth of the MINOTAUR He lived in a labyrinth under the Palace of Knossos Half man Half bull HOW?

7. KING MINOS & THE LABYRYNTH King Minos ordered to build a maze (= labyrinth) as a prison For the Minotaur, a monster who was half a man/half a bull: LABYRINTH> LABRYS= double AXE Magical significance

8. KING MINOS It is after him that Sir Arthur Evans called the civilization and art he discovered as … … MINOAN CIVILIZATION/ ART

9. WHO is this man????? Sir Arthur Evans JOB: archeologist He begins on March 23, 1900,the excavation of Knossos. He spends all his life working on it

10. CENTRAL COURT THRONE ROOM STORE ROOMS ROYAL APARTMENTS THE GRAND STAIRCASE THE WEST COURT MAIN ENTRANCE HOW? THEATRE

11. 1.There are about 1300 rooms connected with corridors 2. SIZE: six acres 3. How many entrances? Four, on each of its four cardinal points WHEN WAS IT BUILT? BETWEEN 1700 – 1400 BC

12. THE MINOAN COLUMNS 1.Different from other Greek columns 2. They were constructed from the trunk of a cycpress tree 3. SMALLER at the bottom and WIDER at the top smaller wider

13. BULL-LEAPING WOMAN Light skin MAN Dark skin The BULL First phase of the activity: An athlete grasps the Bull’s horns Second phase An athlete vaults Over the bull’s back Third phase: the athlete jumps on the ground The fresco describes three different moments of a sport/activity FRESCO