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Book SynopsisPioneer of Cretan archaeology, Sir Arthur Evans (18511941) won fame for discovering Minoan civilisation. His highly illustrated multi-volume report of major excavations at Knossos, published between 1921 and 1935, develops his theories about the Bronze Age palace he uncovered and the society to which it belonged.
Table of Contents100. The 'camp-stool' fresco of the 'North-West Sanctuary Hall'; 101. Long-robed priestly and royal personages on seals from Knossos and Vapheio; 102. Discovery in the 'initiatory area' of lapis-lazuli cylinder with early Chaldaean connexions; 103. The Minoan genii and their relation to the Egyptian hippopotamus goddess; 104. Fresh discovery of a chryselephantine image of boy-god; 105. Retrospect of Minoan bead-seals and signet-rings; 106. Indigenous sphragistic tradition; 107. Hunting and other animal types on late Minoan seals; 108. The late palatial deposits of clay seal impressions at Knossos; 109. Later phase of west magazines, upper and lower; 110. First discovery of large hoards of clay tablets in Advanced Linear Script (B); 111. Tablets of the Linear Script B (continued); 112. Knossian Script B in mainland Greece; 113. Supplementary to preceding: the Minoan remains at Ras-Shamra; 114. Deposits of tablets depicting chariots; 115. Armature in the last palatial age; 116. The latest palatial age of Knossos; 117. Epilogue.
