Knossos
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Knossos is an ancient Minoan palace complex and Bronze Age archaeological site, renowned as one of the earliest and most significant centers of European civilization.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Palace of Knossos | 0 | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bronze Age settlement
→
Minoan palace complex → archaeological site → tourist attraction → |
| associatedScript |
Linear A
→
Linear B → |
| associatedWith |
Minos
→
surface form:
King Minos
Labyrinth → myth of the Minotaur → |
| civilization | Minoan civilization → |
| country | Greece → |
| culture |
Minoan civilization
→
surface form:
Minoan
|
| currentUse | open-air museum → |
| discoveredBy | Minos Kalokairinos → |
| distanceFromHeraklion | approximately 5 kilometers southeast → |
| earliestOccupation | Neolithic period → |
| earlyExplorationDate | 1878 → |
| excavatedBy | Arthur Evans → |
| excavationStartDate | 1900 → |
| floruit | second millennium BCE → |
| governedBy | Hellenic Ministry of Culture → |
| hasDebatedAspect | accuracy of Evans’s reconstructions → |
| hasFeature |
central court
→
complex drainage system → frescoes → grand staircase → light wells → multistory buildings → pithoi → storage magazines → throne room → |
| influenced | modern understanding of Minoan civilization → |
| knownFor |
advanced architecture
→
early writing systems → vibrant wall paintings → |
| locatedIn |
Crete
→
Greece → |
| locatedNear | Heraklion → |
| majorDestructionEvent | Thera eruption aftermath → |
| nearbyModernCity | Heraklion → |
| partiallyReconstructedBy | Arthur Evans → |
| period | Bronze Age → |
| region | Crete → |
| touristVisitation | one of the most visited archaeological sites in Greece → |
| UNESCOTentativeListStatus | World Heritage Site candidate → |
| wasEconomicCenterOf |
Minoan civilization
→
surface form:
Minoan trade network
|
| wasPoliticalCenterOf |
Minoan civilization
→
surface form:
Minoan Crete
|
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Palace of Knossos
subject surface form:
Labyrinth of the Minotaur