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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