Knossos
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They will not be visiting the ruins of the Minoan palace of Knossos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
The Minoans built spacious palaces on Crete, the largest at Knossos.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
He stole others from a locked room at the ancient palace of Knossos, a 5-acre archaeological site that was the center of Minoan culture, according to experts.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2022
Knossos palace, built 3,700 years ago on the island of Crete in the Mediterranean, had some of the first flush toilets.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 15, 2016
One-third of all Linear B tablets from the palace of Knossos are accountants’ records of sheep and wool, while an inordinate proportion of writing at the palace of Pylos consists of records of flax.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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