{"product_id":"the-palace-of-minos-9781108061063","title":"The Palace of Minos","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePioneer 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e100. 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.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769046696279,"sku":"9781108061063","price":58.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781108061063.jpg?v=1758719450","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-palace-of-minos-9781108061063","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}