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4-5. Reconstruction of the palace complex knossos
(crete); circa 2000-1375 BCE. A rebuilt palace at Knossos was built around the old one (which was destoyed by a massive earthquake in 1700 BCE). Typical of minoan design, religous, residential and manafacturing complexes surround a central courtyard. in a strong deviation from Egyptian examples from this period, "temples shrines, and elaborate tombs [...] are not found in Minoan architecture" (Stokstad 98).
4-5. Reconstruction of the palace complex knossos
(crete); circa 2000-1375 BCE. A rebuilt palace at Knossos was built around the old one (which was destoyed by a massive earthquake in 1700 BCE). Typical of minoan design, religous, residential and manafacturing complexes surround a central courtyard. in a strong deviation from Egyptian examples from this period, "temples shrines, and elaborate tombs [...] are not found in Minoan architecture" (Stokstad 98).