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57- State Approach to Palace from North and West
'Royal Road' and 'Theatral Area'.
Dis-
covery of
' Royal
Road'.
Discovery of the ' Royal Road'—its structure and course ; Built drains in
connexion with it; Roman causeway on upper level; ' First European Road'—
inverse arrangement; A Minoan Street; 'Magazine of the Arsenal' ;
' Theatral Area' ; Pavement of earlier Court below and walled refuse pit;
Probable existence of earlier Stepped Area of Phaestiau type; Structure of
' Theatral Area'—its partial reconstitution ; Presumed hall East; Descending
runnel with parabolic curves; Southern steps of area; Enclosed by wall
on West side; Area not for large performances ; Room i)i ' Theatre' for
about joo spectators; Performance there of Cretan dance; Probably mainly
a Reception area; Chief entrance above, on Palace side; Paved way heading
for North-West Corner Entrance and West Court.
For the most part, as we have seen, the houses of what has been called
the 'Residential Quarter' of Minoan Knossos were separated from one
another, even in its most flourishing days, by narrow winding passages and
alleys. The main road that led to the harbour town on one side, and
on the other found its prolongation in the ' Great South Road', doubtless
formed a broader thoroughfare, but there was, besides, an exceptional line
of way, more or less at right angles to this, altogether much more suggestive
of modern town-planning.
The 'Royal Road'.
This is the straight line of paved way that leads from near the South-
East Angle of the ' Little Palace' to the main reception area of the Palace
itself.
Its discovery was due to the appearance of two converging lines
of causeway, one running from the middle of the ' Theatral Area', the
other cutting its South-West angle, which were followed to the point of
junction, where the road proper began.1 This, in turn, was traced about
170 metres as far as the course of the modern road to Candia.'-' A test-pit,
moreover, dug on the hill-side about 60 metres beyond this, in a line repre-
1 A. E., Knossos, Rejort, 1904, p. 45 seqq. away for a distance of about 23 metres, but
2 About 40 metres from the Eastern end the cement wings were still traceable at
the actual paving of the road was broken intervals.
'Royal Road' and 'Theatral Area'.
Dis-
covery of
' Royal
Road'.
Discovery of the ' Royal Road'—its structure and course ; Built drains in
connexion with it; Roman causeway on upper level; ' First European Road'—
inverse arrangement; A Minoan Street; 'Magazine of the Arsenal' ;
' Theatral Area' ; Pavement of earlier Court below and walled refuse pit;
Probable existence of earlier Stepped Area of Phaestiau type; Structure of
' Theatral Area'—its partial reconstitution ; Presumed hall East; Descending
runnel with parabolic curves; Southern steps of area; Enclosed by wall
on West side; Area not for large performances ; Room i)i ' Theatre' for
about joo spectators; Performance there of Cretan dance; Probably mainly
a Reception area; Chief entrance above, on Palace side; Paved way heading
for North-West Corner Entrance and West Court.
For the most part, as we have seen, the houses of what has been called
the 'Residential Quarter' of Minoan Knossos were separated from one
another, even in its most flourishing days, by narrow winding passages and
alleys. The main road that led to the harbour town on one side, and
on the other found its prolongation in the ' Great South Road', doubtless
formed a broader thoroughfare, but there was, besides, an exceptional line
of way, more or less at right angles to this, altogether much more suggestive
of modern town-planning.
The 'Royal Road'.
This is the straight line of paved way that leads from near the South-
East Angle of the ' Little Palace' to the main reception area of the Palace
itself.
Its discovery was due to the appearance of two converging lines
of causeway, one running from the middle of the ' Theatral Area', the
other cutting its South-West angle, which were followed to the point of
junction, where the road proper began.1 This, in turn, was traced about
170 metres as far as the course of the modern road to Candia.'-' A test-pit,
moreover, dug on the hill-side about 60 metres beyond this, in a line repre-
1 A. E., Knossos, Rejort, 1904, p. 45 seqq. away for a distance of about 23 metres, but
2 About 40 metres from the Eastern end the cement wings were still traceable at
the actual paving of the road was broken intervals.