GREECE CRETE HERAKLION KNOSSOS

Above left: Building of the Old Palace Period (1900-1700 BC). - Above right: Pillar Crypt. - Below left: The "Southeast House" (New Palace Period, 1700-1450 BC). - Below right: The "Shrine of the Double Axes".

Above: Pithoi (mostly restored) in the "Magazines of the Giant Pithoi" and the Northeast wall of the palace area. - Below: The Bastion of the North Entrance ("Bull Chamber") with a bull relief fresco. The Central Court, being on the same level, was reached from here. Probably another bastion, also fresco-decorated, stood on the opposite side of the passage.

Above: More of the Bastion of the North Entrance. - Below: The North Pillar Hall. Being close to the North Entrance, people newly arriving at the palace would have gathered here. As indicated by the large number of tablets found in the hall, this was an administrative center where products brought to the palace were recorded.