Mycenaean Greece or the Mycenaean civilization was the last phase of the Bronze Age in Ancient Greece spanning the period from approximately 17501050 BC.

Modern name for knossos. We dont know what the ancient Cretans called themselves. Knossos or ko-no-so was an important ancient site found on the outskirts of the modern city of Heraklion in Crete. Knossos reached its peak in the period from the 19th.

1 It represents the first advanced and distinctively Greek civilization in mainland Greece with its palatial states urban organization works of art and writing system. See all 57 The Palace of Knossos. We dont know what the ancient Cretans called themselves.

Beside above what was unusual about the Minoan palace at Knossos. The name Minoan derives from the mythical King Minos and was coined by Evans who identified the site at Knossos with the labyrinth and the Minotaur. Entrance tickets currently cost 3399 while a popular guided tour starts around 1821 per person.

The Palace of Knossos admission prices can vary. Though there are walls dating from the Neolithic period 9000 years ago most of what remains is from between 1700 and 1450 BC built on top of preceding civilizations. Knossos also Cnossos both pronounced kəˈnɒsɒs -səs.

Krḗtē krέːtεː is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea after Sicily Sardinia Cyprus and Corsica. This article has been rated as Mid-importanceon the projects importance scale. CNOSSUS KNOSSOS or Gnossus an ancient city of Crete on the left bank of the Caeratus a small stream which falls into the sea on the north side of the island.

Knossos is the largest Bronze Age settlement on the island of Crete and it also can lay claim to one of the most advanced civilizations of Europe of that era. Heraklion was formerly called Candia after the Saracen name for the place Kandaiki meaning the moat that was built around the then. The Minoan writing system is undeciphered and the name Minoans comes from Arthur Evans who believed that he had found the palace of King Minos a mythical Cretan king who supposedly.