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SIMILAR DOUBLE MONUMENT AT KNOSSOS 961
T nbs ' discovered by Professor Schaefer on the North Syrian Coast—the Hopes
idence of a Late Minoan plantation on that side—has brought out the fact bydTs-0"
tl at it was specially designed to stand in relation to a ritual cult on the S"^0'
rface of the ground above. But it was in no sense a ' double' monument. Tomb at
At a time, however, when my former expectations had been well-nigh M,osso
foro-otten, they were literally fulfilled. They have materialized in the dis-
covery in the glen above the Palace site (see Fig. 927) of an actual
■ double tomb ' of the kind described by Diodoros, with the sepulchral vault
hidden in the rock below and, above—once more visible to the eye—the
remains of a small Temple of the Goddess.
The Eteocretan traditions on which the historian drew prove once
more to have been faithfully handed down from a remote, Minoan source.
Fig. 927. View from S.W. Ancle of Palace Site showing Minoan Viaduct and 'Caravanserai'
n Foreground and, beyond, the Kairatos Gorge (followed by the Great South Road), the Site
'he Temple Tomb being marked by a cross.
T nbs ' discovered by Professor Schaefer on the North Syrian Coast—the Hopes
idence of a Late Minoan plantation on that side—has brought out the fact bydTs-0"
tl at it was specially designed to stand in relation to a ritual cult on the S"^0'
rface of the ground above. But it was in no sense a ' double' monument. Tomb at
At a time, however, when my former expectations had been well-nigh M,osso
foro-otten, they were literally fulfilled. They have materialized in the dis-
covery in the glen above the Palace site (see Fig. 927) of an actual
■ double tomb ' of the kind described by Diodoros, with the sepulchral vault
hidden in the rock below and, above—once more visible to the eye—the
remains of a small Temple of the Goddess.
The Eteocretan traditions on which the historian drew prove once
more to have been faithfully handed down from a remote, Minoan source.
Fig. 927. View from S.W. Ancle of Palace Site showing Minoan Viaduct and 'Caravanserai'
n Foreground and, beyond, the Kairatos Gorge (followed by the Great South Road), the Site
'he Temple Tomb being marked by a cross.