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Title: Labyrinth
Post by: Maik on Monday, 06 February, 2023 @ 18:16:12
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LABYRINTH: KNOSSOS, MYTH & REALITY Opens 10 Feb 2023

According to legend, an elaborate labyrinth was built at Knossos on the island of Crete to hold a ferocious Minotaur. Discover the palace of Knossos, and the search for the labyrinth, in this major exhibition in Oxford.

The palace of Knossos, discovered and excavated over 100 years ago, was the centre of a Bronze Age civilisation of people we now call the Minoans, named after the legendary King Minos.

This will be the first UK exhibition to focus on Knossos. It will include over 100 objects which have never left Crete and Greece before, alongside discoveries from the Ashmolean's Sir Arthur Evans Archive and an exclusive experience of Knossos Palace from the acclaimed video game Assassin’s Creed Odyssey.

Archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans led excavations at Knossos in the early 20th century, and would later re-imagine and partially restore the palace. His archive at the Ashmolean has been central to our understanding of the site of Knossos, and many of his excavation plans, artworks and records will be on display alongside objects from the site.
https://ashmolean.org/exhibition/labyrinth-knossos-myth-reality


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrhMHmLw040
https://youtu.be/JrhMHmLw040?t=1

 Labyrinth, review: this study of the Minoans is a near myth (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/reviews/labyrinth-knossos-myth-reality-ashmolean-museum-oxford-review/)

Knossos, definitely worth a look if you visit Crete.