Harvester vase with a relief of farm workers returning from olive picking

Knossos and Iraklio

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October 4th 2014
04 October 2014 The most well known Minoan palace site is at Knossos just south of Iraklio and we drove there this morning. Knossos was inhabited by the Minoans between 1900 and 1400 BC. It was unearthed in 1900 by the British Archaeologist, Sir Arthur Evans and he spent 35 years and £250,000 of his own money excavating and reconstructing sections of the palace. Although we got there ea ... read more

Europe » Greece

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Greece achieved its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it gradually added neighboring islands and territories, most with Greek-speaking populations. In Worl... ... read more