Knossos

1900 BCGreece

CountryGreece

Date1900 BC

RegionCrete

About Knossos

The largest Bronze Age site on Crete. Center of the Minoan civilization. The labyrinth may have inspired the Minotaur myth. Featured flush toilets and advanced drainage 4,000 years ago. Reconstructed by Arthur Evans, controversially.

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