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Knossos Excavations, 1900.
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in the capacity of foreman, and Kyrios Papadakis again acted as mender
and formatore.
A great deal of labour and material was again expended on works of
conservation, such as supporting the remains of upper storeys and stair-
cases, especially in the Royal Villa, the whole superincumbent earth behind
which had to be buttressed up by a high wall. Another large undertaking
of the kind was the rebuilding of the upper part of the Northern wall of
the Theatre and restoring the adjoining tiers of stone seats, without which
the whole of these interesting remains would have been rapidly disinte-
grated. The central strip of the pavement of the Long Gallery, which had
to be removed to explore the cists below, was afterwards restored by means
of gypsum slabs cut for the purpose. A watch tower, the upper framework
of which is of wood, was also built in the Central Court in order to
secure a general panorama of the Palace.
A great many supplementary observations were also carried out within
the Palace limits, and the researches of Dr. Mackenzie were specially
successful in discovering several window openings, the presence of which
had not been hitherto detected. The most important of these opened in
the wall to the North of the Light well of the Queen's Megaron, giving
light to the Private Staircase.
In pursuit of the search for tombs a large area was methodically ex-
plored, extending over a quarter of a mile to the North of the Palace, but,
though a good many graves were found, they had all been rifled in antiquity,
and none of them could ever have been of great importance. One result
of these explorations was that a large number of houses, going back to
Early Minoan times, were traced over the whole of this area and to the
East as far as the rocky steep that there overhangs the stream.
§ 2.—The South-East House.
Already towards the close of the preceding Season parts of a staircase,
passage, and adjacent rooms were unearthed at the South-East angle of
the Palace area. The excavation now completed on this side has brought
out an exceptionally perfect house-plan, which will be seen in Eig. 1. The
building itself may be regarded as an inner dependance of the Palace,
not improbably an official residence. Although, owing to the declivity on
this side, the whole is set at a slightly different angle from the main
B 2
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in the capacity of foreman, and Kyrios Papadakis again acted as mender
and formatore.
A great deal of labour and material was again expended on works of
conservation, such as supporting the remains of upper storeys and stair-
cases, especially in the Royal Villa, the whole superincumbent earth behind
which had to be buttressed up by a high wall. Another large undertaking
of the kind was the rebuilding of the upper part of the Northern wall of
the Theatre and restoring the adjoining tiers of stone seats, without which
the whole of these interesting remains would have been rapidly disinte-
grated. The central strip of the pavement of the Long Gallery, which had
to be removed to explore the cists below, was afterwards restored by means
of gypsum slabs cut for the purpose. A watch tower, the upper framework
of which is of wood, was also built in the Central Court in order to
secure a general panorama of the Palace.
A great many supplementary observations were also carried out within
the Palace limits, and the researches of Dr. Mackenzie were specially
successful in discovering several window openings, the presence of which
had not been hitherto detected. The most important of these opened in
the wall to the North of the Light well of the Queen's Megaron, giving
light to the Private Staircase.
In pursuit of the search for tombs a large area was methodically ex-
plored, extending over a quarter of a mile to the North of the Palace, but,
though a good many graves were found, they had all been rifled in antiquity,
and none of them could ever have been of great importance. One result
of these explorations was that a large number of houses, going back to
Early Minoan times, were traced over the whole of this area and to the
East as far as the rocky steep that there overhangs the stream.
§ 2.—The South-East House.
Already towards the close of the preceding Season parts of a staircase,
passage, and adjacent rooms were unearthed at the South-East angle of
the Palace area. The excavation now completed on this side has brought
out an exceptionally perfect house-plan, which will be seen in Eig. 1. The
building itself may be regarded as an inner dependance of the Palace,
not improbably an official residence. Although, owing to the declivity on
this side, the whole is set at a slightly different angle from the main
B 2