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Some of the Knossian plaques show houses of three and four storeys, with windows filled in with a red material which, as Dr. Evans suggests, may have been oiled and tinted parchment.

From The Sea-Kings of Crete by Baikie, James

But male dignity required more lofty sitting accommodation; the seat of the throne of Minos is nearly 23 inches high, and the spectators of the Knossian theatre cannot have been all women.

From The Sea-Kings of Crete by Baikie, James

He then mentions the Knossian cup "with writing inscribed on it apparently in pen and ink … The conclusion is that ordinary writing was in use, but that the materials, probably palm leaves, have disappeared."

From Homer and His Age by Lang, Andrew

The Page 217 fabric of the houses was generally of sun-dried brick, reared upon lower walls of stone; some of the Knossian villas, however, were plastered and timbered, the round beam-ends showing in the frontage.

From The Sea-Kings of Crete by Baikie, James