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Sir Arthur Evans, 1851-1941
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 60

Sir Arthur Evans, 1851-1941

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1983
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Time and Chance
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 446

Time and Chance

Arthur John Evans was born 8 July 1851 in Nash Mills, Hertfordshire, England. His parents were John Evans (1823-1908) and Harriet Ann Dickinson (1820-1858). He married Margaret Freeman (1848-1893). He was a noted archaeologist.

The Find of a Lifetime
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 358

The Find of a Lifetime

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Minotaur
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 482

Minotaur

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2000
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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.

Arthur Evans's Travels in Crete, 1894-1899
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 562

Arthur Evans's Travels in Crete, 1894-1899

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.

Arthur Evans and the Palace of Minos
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 120

Arthur Evans and the Palace of Minos

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1983
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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.

Arthur Evans and the Palace of Minos
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 110

Arthur Evans and the Palace of Minos

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1983
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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.

Sir Arthur Evans and Minoan Crete
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 305

Sir Arthur Evans and Minoan Crete

Before Sir Arthur Evans, the principal object of Greek prehistoric archaeology was the reconstruction of history in relation to myth. European travellers to Greece viewed its picturesque ruins as the gateway to mythical times, while Heinrich Schliemann, at the end of the nineteenth century, allegedly uncovered at Troy and Mycenae the legendary cities of the Homeric epics. It was Evans who, in his controversial excavations at Knossos, steered Aegean archaeology away from Homer towards the broader Mediterranean world. Yet in so doing he is thought to have done his own inventing, recreating the Cretan Labyrinth via the Bronze Age myth of the Minotaur. Nanno Marinatos challenges the entrenched i...

Sir Arthur Evans and Minoan Crete
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 333

Sir Arthur Evans and Minoan Crete

Before Sir Arthur Evans, the principal object of Greek prehistoric archaeology was the reconstruction of history in relation to myth. European travellers to Greece viewed its picturesque ruins as the gateway to mythical times, while Heinrich Schliemann, at the end of the nineteenth century, allegedly uncovered at Troy and Mycenae the legendary cities of the Homeric epics. It was Evans who, in his controversial excavations at Knossos, steered Aegean archaeology away from Homer towards the broader Mediterranean world. Yet in so doing he is thought to have done his own inventing, recreating the Cretan Labyrinth via the Bronze Age myth of the Minotaur. Nanno Marinatos challenges the entrenched i...

Through Bosnia and the Herzegovina on Foot During the Insurrection, August and September 1875
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 572