The Palace of Knossos is located just south of modern-day Heraklion near the north coast of Crete. Built by a civilization that we call the Minoans, it covers about 150,000 square feet (14,000 ...

Knossos Palace. Visit the ancient ruins of Knossos, which was the center of Minoan civilization. ... Aerial view of Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece. Voulismeni lake in Agios Nikolaos, Crete.

THE excavations at Knossos were described by Sir Arthur Evans in detailed reports which appeared in the Annual of the British School at Athens from 1900 to 1905, and were reviewed from time to ...

Turns out the discovery of the Palace of Knossos is just the beginning—the ancient city is three times the size archaeologists suspected. Corbis Surrounded by turquoise waters and smiled upon by ...