Knossos
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- Knossian adjective
Example Sentences
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They will not be visiting the ruins of the Minoan palace of Knossos.
From Los Angeles Times
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
He had also bought a gift for Henry: a corpus of Mycenaean inscriptions from Knossos.
From Literature
Knossos could also acquire shares in firms through private transactions, Ghersi said.
From Reuters
It begins with a riot of vegetal imagery, sprouting from the darkness against a percussive score as a narrator — her voice provided by a text-to-speech engine — details the recreation of Knossos’s botanical decorations.
From New York Times
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