Throne Room, Knossos, Crete, Greece
Throne Room, Creto-Mycenaean period, used by king Minos and his priests as a council hall or law court, with alabaster throne, benches, porphyry basin and frescoes of griffins, at the Minoan palace of Knossos, in the Karaitos valley near Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Knossos was the capital of the Minoan civilisation, built on an older Neolithic settlement. The first palace built c. 2000 BC was destroyed c. 1700 BC, the second palace rebuilt and destroyed in 1350 BC. Excavations and restorations took place 1878 and 1900-31. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13937620
Media ID
45474648
Size
8268px x 6265px
(16.5MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
