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Palace of Minos at Knossos

ViewGrand Staircase of the E Wing, lower level (1994)
SiteKnossos
LocationCrete
Dateca. 1550-1520 BC
SubjectArchitecture
PeriodLate Minoan I
Saskia No.Jca-0002
SourceGardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., chapter 4, plate 5
 Hartt, Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 4th ed., chapter 6, plate 6
 Stokstad, Marilyn, Art History, 2nd ed., chapter 4, plate 8
 Trachtenberg & Hyman, Architecture, 1st ed., chapter 1, plate 59