Arthur Evans

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British archaeologist archaeologist human

Arthur Evans was a British archaeologist best known for excavating the Minoan palace at Knossos and pioneering the study of Aegean Bronze Age civilizations.

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Arthur Evans canonical 7
Arthur Evans (key Knossos examples) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British archaeologist ⓘ
archaeologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Knight Bachelor ⓘ
Order of Merit ⓘ
coinvented term "Minoan" for the Bronze Age civilization of Crete ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1851-07-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1941-07-11 ⓘ
described Minoan civilization ⓘ
educatedAt Brasenose College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harrow School ⓘ
employer Ashmolean Museum ⓘ
familyName Evans ⓘ
father John Evans ⓘ
fieldOfWork Aegean archaeology ⓘ
Bronze Age archaeology ⓘ
Minoan civilization ⓘ
archaeology ⓘ
givenName Arthur ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
influenced Aegean prehistory studies ⓘ
interpretation of Bronze Age scripts in the Aegean ⓘ
knownFor excavating the Minoan palace at Knossos ⓘ
pioneering the study of Aegean Bronze Age civilizations ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
memberOf British Academy ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableWork Scripta Minoa ⓘ
Knossos ⓘ
surface form: The Palace of Minos

Knossos ⓘ
surface form: excavations at Knossos
occupation antiquarian ⓘ
archaeologist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hertfordshire ⓘ
Nash Mills ⓘ
placeOfDeath Youlbury ⓘ
near Oxford ⓘ
positionHeld Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum ⓘ
residence Oxford ⓘ
Youlbury ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Lewis Evans ⓘ
spouse Margaret Freeman ⓘ
workLocation Crete ⓘ
Knossos ⓘ
Oxford ⓘ

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Linear B inscriptions → notableDiscoverer → Arthur Evans ⓘ
Minoan civilization → discoveredBy → Arthur Evans ⓘ
Knossos → excavatedBy → Arthur Evans ⓘ
Knossos → partiallyReconstructedBy → Arthur Evans ⓘ
Cretan hieroglyphs → studiedBy → Arthur Evans ⓘ
Sinclair Hood → influencedBy → Arthur Evans ⓘ
Bull-leaping fresco → excavatedBy → Arthur Evans ⓘ
Snake Goddess figurines → discoveredBy → Arthur Evans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arthur Evans (key Knossos examples)