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Page 118
... Knossos , built into a cutting in a steep slope below the level of the central court and housing the royal living quarters , may have had five stories . Large areas of the palaces , especially at Knossos , were reserved for cult , while ...
... Knossos , built into a cutting in a steep slope below the level of the central court and housing the royal living quarters , may have had five stories . Large areas of the palaces , especially at Knossos , were reserved for cult , while ...
Page 119
... Knossos and stone relief vases , but plate armour is attested only from the end of the 15th century onward . For defense the Cretans of this time appear to have relied on huge rectangular or eight- shaped shields of bull's hide ...
... Knossos and stone relief vases , but plate armour is attested only from the end of the 15th century onward . For defense the Cretans of this time appear to have relied on huge rectangular or eight- shaped shields of bull's hide ...
Page 120
... Knossos , may have been built soon after the conquest . A decline in taste and artistic imagination becomes marked during the period after it throughout the Aegean area . But skills and techniques remain at a high level , and the fabric ...
... Knossos , may have been built soon after the conquest . A decline in taste and artistic imagination becomes marked during the period after it throughout the Aegean area . But skills and techniques remain at a high level , and the fabric ...
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