Where is Knossos?

Knossos was the largest centre of the Minoan civilisation, with its first great palace built around 1900 BCE. The palace complex covered about 20,000 square metres and had hundreds of rooms, light wells, staircases and colourful frescoes. British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans excavated much of the site from 1900 and controversially rebuilt parts of it in reinforced concrete. The maze-like layout is often linked to the Greek myth of King Minos, the labyrinth and the Minotaur. Clay tablets found there helped scholars later decipher Linear B, an early form of Greek.