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Biography of Sir Arthur John Evans (1851-1941), noted Welsh-English archaeologist--together with family history of three generations of his ancestry (to 1781).
Arthur Evans gained international recognition as the excavator of the palace of Knossos on Crete and the "inventor" of the Minoan civilization. His Cretan travel diaries throw light on the sites he visited, many of which have still not been excavated.
Most of the archival material from Sir Arthur Evans' excavations at Knossos is now in the Ashmolean Museum and Library. This booklet, illustrated with many period photos, shows how the excavations proceeded and how the reconstruction of parts of the palace was achieved. Now in its third reprinting.
Most of the archival material from Sir Arthur Evans' excavations at Knossos is now in the Ashmolean Museum and Library. This booklet, illustrated with many period photos, shows how the excavations proceeded and how the reconstruction of parts of the palace was achieved. Now in its third reprinting.
At the turn of the century, Evans claimed that he had discovered the labyrinth which housed the Minotaur. But Evans was a fabulist, and his reconstructions a romantic invention. MacGillivray shows Evans in his true colours.
Before making his name at Knossos, Evans had already travelled in Scandinavia and the Balkans; using his sketches, notebooks and newspaper articles this book reconstructs his early journeys. It also makes use of Evans' previously unpublished work describing many archaeological sites in remote areas of Crete which are still unexcavated.