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PalaceKnossos

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Image ID :	UWCAUPVRC3023w01
View/Description :	View of site with columns and pithos
Image Creator :	Perry Johanson
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Image Source :	UW CBE VRC
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Rights Owner :	UW CBE VRC
URL to larger image :	http://staff.washington.edu/hs3/sharedimages/UWCAUPVRC3023w01.jpg

Work ID :	PalaceKnossos
Title :	Palace of Minos
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Date (of work) :	1700-1400 BC
Location/Site :	Europe [TGN] Greece [TGN] Crete [TGN] Iráklion [DEPARTMENT] [TGN] Knossos Knossós [TGN]
GIS Coordinates :	+35.297961+25.163156/
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Description :	The great palace was built on Kephala hill between 1700 and 1400 BC, with periodic rebuildings after destruction. Existing ruins are considered Late Minoan. The 1300 rooms of the palace are connected with corridors of varying sizes and direction, and included a theatre, a main entrance on each of its four cardinal faces, and extensive storerooms. The storerooms contained pithoi (large clay vases) that held oil, grains, dried fish, beans, and olives. Many of the items were created at the palace itself, which had grain mills, oil presses, and wine presses. Beneath the pithoi were stone holes used to store more valuable objects, such as gold. The palace used advanced architectural techniques; for example, part of it was built up to five stories high.
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Work Type :	Architecture [TGN] Palaces [TGN]
Measurements :	6 acres (24,000 sq m)
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Style/Period/ Group/Movement :	Aegaean Aegean [AAT] Bronze Age [AAT] Minoan [AAT]
Cultural Context :	Mediterranean [AAT] Bronze Age [AAT] Aegean
Subject :	Housing, Royal Palaces [TGN]
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Text Reference :	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knossos
Keywords :	column, vessel, color, polychrome
Notes :	largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and probably the ceremonial and political center of the Minoan civilization and culture.