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XX.— The Prehistoric Tombs of Knossos. By Arthur J. Evans, ~Rsq., Litt.D.,
F.B.S., F.S.A.
Read 19th January, 1905.
I.—The Cemetery op Zafer Papoura : with a Comparative Note on a
Chamber-Tomb at Milatos.
§ 1. The Types of Sepulture.
About 600 metres due north of the prehistoric Palace of Knossos begins the rise
of a flat-topped hill, here traversed by a long line of Roman walling, from which
the neighbouring hamlet, sole survivor of the ancient city, gains its name of
Amkryteichos. The hill itself is known as Zafer Papoura (Tou Za<£ep rj Trarrovpa)
and on its lower slope there had already been brought to light remains of houses
belonging to the extensive Minoan town, the " "Wide Knossos" of Homeric
tradition, which seems to have extended on every side of the Palace.
That this hill might contain a Minoan cemetery was rendered the more
probable by Mr. Hogarth's discovery in 1900 of eight isolated tombs along a low
cliff-edge on its further side.a Seven of these tombs contained Geometric inter-
ments, but their chamber shape and rock-cut entrance passage or dromos showed
that they had originally belonged to an earlier period. Some scattered relics of
their original contents were in fact found, such as bronze knife-blades" and a
a Annual of the British School at Athens, No. vi. p. 82, seqq.
0 From Tomb 4.
VOL. LIX.
3 Q
F.B.S., F.S.A.
Read 19th January, 1905.
I.—The Cemetery op Zafer Papoura : with a Comparative Note on a
Chamber-Tomb at Milatos.
§ 1. The Types of Sepulture.
About 600 metres due north of the prehistoric Palace of Knossos begins the rise
of a flat-topped hill, here traversed by a long line of Roman walling, from which
the neighbouring hamlet, sole survivor of the ancient city, gains its name of
Amkryteichos. The hill itself is known as Zafer Papoura (Tou Za<£ep rj Trarrovpa)
and on its lower slope there had already been brought to light remains of houses
belonging to the extensive Minoan town, the " "Wide Knossos" of Homeric
tradition, which seems to have extended on every side of the Palace.
That this hill might contain a Minoan cemetery was rendered the more
probable by Mr. Hogarth's discovery in 1900 of eight isolated tombs along a low
cliff-edge on its further side.a Seven of these tombs contained Geometric inter-
ments, but their chamber shape and rock-cut entrance passage or dromos showed
that they had originally belonged to an earlier period. Some scattered relics of
their original contents were in fact found, such as bronze knife-blades" and a
a Annual of the British School at Athens, No. vi. p. 82, seqq.
0 From Tomb 4.
VOL. LIX.
3 Q