Sir Arthur Mos House Construction Case Study

The immense history of Greece could not be possible for the impressive 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. In the late 1800s, three archaeologists excavated their ways into the history books. Sir Arthur Evans became recognized as the British archaeologist who uncovered the palace at Knossos, on the island of Crete in the Aegean Sea. Heinrich Schliemann discovered Mycenae and with the assistance of the knowledge benefactor for Hisarlik, he and Frank Calvert uncovered the ruins of the historical Troy from Homer’s Iliad. The three sites differ in many different qualities, but are also comparable to the others. After 30 years of excavation, Sir Arthur Evans uncovered most of the palace and restored some of the architecture in Knossos. The area that the site covered was immense. The palace might be reference to the labyrinth maze in Homer’s Iliad. There was a large central courtyard with secondary and tertiary spaces surrounding it. The colorful frescos painted on the walls gave Evans clues on what the purpose of the different rooms were. The throne room is small and private, but the throne is built into the wall and there are two griffins perched to the side of the seat. Other elements worth …show more content…
Knossos was constructed with ashlar masonry, or rubble masonry. The palace stood an impressive 3 stories high, the tallest building in the surrounding regions. Since the palace was a multi-level complex, the Minoans ingeniously used light wells with staircases around them to allow natural sunlight penetrate the lower levels. Impressively, the palace had water management and an early form of plumbing. There were baths and other washing halls that pumped water from nearby springs and