Sir Arthur Evans Excavation

(P1) The immense history of Greece could not be possible for the remarkable and influential city-states located throughout the regions. Mycenae, Knossos, and Troy are three revered and questioned palatial sites that operated in similar and opposing ways, partially due to the form and function of the architecture. In the late 1800s into the early 1900s, three archaeologists excavated the individual sites of the Aegean basin. Sir Arthur Evans became known as the British archaeologist who uncovered the palace at Knossos on the island of Crete in the Aegean Sea. Heinrich Schliemann discovered Mycenae on the Greek mainland, and with the assistance of the knowledge benefactor, he and Frank Calvert uncovered the ruins at Hisarlik of the historical Troy from Homer’s Iliad. The three sites differ in many different qualities, but are also comparable in other ways.
(P2) After 30 years of excavation, Sir Arthur Evans revealed most of the palace and then restored some of the architecture in Knossos. The area that the site covered was immense, possibly connecting to the story of the labyrinth maze in Homer’s Iliad. There was a …show more content…
Built over nine periods, the Trojans erected Troy VI in the Protopalatial Minoan period. The fortress gained in size when they enclosed the surrounding houses and apartments in the citadel walls. Some of the buildings rose two stories, one story less than Knossos, but the arrangement of the military spaces is relatable to those on Crete, as well as the purpose of Mycenae. The top tier of the citadel had crenellation for further protection against invasion. Comparable to Knossos and Mycenae, Troy VI had a central administrative center influencing Troy’s trading culture. The location of Troy made it the capital of the Troad and allowed the city-state to control naval movement through the canal of the Aegean Sea and the northern Black