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Friday, January 12, 2024

How Greek Archaeologist Minos Kalokairinos Discovered Knossos

The Palace of Knossos on Crete was discovered by amateur Greek archaeologist Minos Kalokairinos, who, upon uncovering its treasures, strived to hide it from the then-ruling Ottoman Empire. Popular belief would have it that Sir Arthur Evans, the then-keeper of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, discovered the site which once excavated, revealed the palace […]


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