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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • An ancient city of northern Crete near present-day Heraklion. The center of a Bronze Age culture that probably flourished from c. 2000 to 1400 BC, it is the traditional site of the labyrinth of Daedalus and the palace of King Minos.

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  • proper noun An archaeological site on the island of Crete.

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  • noun an ancient town on Crete where Bronze Age culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BC

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  • Visiting archaeological sites such as Knossos, (according to tradition, it was the seat of the legendary king Minos), Phaistos and Gortys will impress travellers of all ages.

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  • Knossos, originally a Minoan palace, was excavated and imaginatively restored in the early 20th century by Sir Arthur Evans, who rebuilt the place in concrete and "completed" its damaged frescoes.

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  • Knossos, originally a Minoan palace, was excavated and imaginatively restored in the early 20th century by Sir Arthur Evans, who rebuilt the place in concrete and "completed" its damaged frescoes.

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  • They liked to believe that King Minos of Crete, their mythical enemy from some even older past, had hidden a hellish monster that devoured the flower of Greek youth in the fathomless Labyrinth set below the palace of Knossos.

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  • Evidence of this ancient oil was discovered in 1901 at the "Room of the Olive Press" at Knossos on the island of Crete in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.

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  • For their full effect, Knossos scarves needed to be worn as embellishments to a particular type of dress.

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  • He designed the costumes for several theatrical productions, but his first purely fashion garment was the Knossos scarf.

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  • I have seen a number of reconstructions on the net that applied a 'Knossos-style' red-black-white palette - I am unsure if it is right, ...

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