Mycenaeans and Minoans
Context
Homer is the earliest known piece of writing
Rediscovery of the ancient world occurs in post renaissance europe
early excavations at Pompeii (1600+)
Johann Jochim Winckelmann (Art history/ Archaeology (mid 18th century)
Stuart and Revett (mid 18th century architects
“A Grand tour” - 16th century to 18th century
“Collectors” and Collections
Main Body
Heinrich Schliemann - Mycenaeans
Arthur Evans - Minoans
The Minoans 3,000 BC-1,450 BC
Knossos
the discoveries were made due to Evans’ interests in myths
King Minos and his thalassocracy
The Minotaur
Theseus
Icarus & Daedalus
Arthur Evans
1851-1941
journalist/ethnographer/curator/archaeologist from a wealth family
Balkans correspondent for the Manchester guardian
While travelling on Crete, he came across ‘milk stones’ and sought their origin
Knossos, the source of these, Minos Kalokairinos was the original excavator
Evans began to excavate the Minoan palace at Knossos in 1900
Discovered the Minoan Civilization
Defined Cretan hieroglyphs
the remains were completely unlike the well-known ones of classical Greece
using Egyptian material found there, he was able to date the site.
Minoan Palaces: Architecture
what is meant by a ‘palace’?
Context
Homer is the earliest known piece of writing
Rediscovery of the ancient world occurs in post renaissance europe
early excavations at Pompeii (1600+)
Johann Jochim Winckelmann (Art history/ Archaeology (mid 18th century)
Stuart and Revett (mid 18th century architects
“A Grand tour” - 16th century to 18th century
“Collectors” and Collections
Main Body
Heinrich Schliemann - Mycenaeans
Arthur Evans - Minoans
The Minoans 3,000 BC-1,450 BC
Knossos
the discoveries were made due to Evans’ interests in myths
King Minos and his thalassocracy
The Minotaur
Theseus
Icarus & Daedalus
Arthur Evans
1851-1941
journalist/ethnographer/curator/archaeologist from a wealth family
Balkans correspondent for the Manchester guardian
While travelling on Crete, he came across ‘milk stones’ and sought their origin
Knossos, the source of these, Minos Kalokairinos was the original excavator
Evans began to excavate the Minoan palace at Knossos in 1900
Discovered the Minoan Civilization
Defined Cretan hieroglyphs
the remains were completely unlike the well-known ones of classical Greece
using Egyptian material found there, he was able to date the site.
Minoan Palaces: Architecture
what is meant by a ‘palace’?
