Greece: The oldest throne room in Europe, at the heart of the Bronze Age Minoan Palace of Knossos, Crete, 15th Century BC

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1. Still hoping for that Linear A decipherment.

2. [https://i.redd.it/s8qdvtxxqouz.jpg](https://i.redd.it/s8qdvtxxqouz.jpg)

3. “There is nothing going on; she and the bull are just good friends.”

4. And a toilet with plumbing.

5. Where’s the sword hanging by a horse hair?

6. So good

7. I was so excited to visit Knossos but it was such a disappointment. Half of the stuff there is fake, made up by Arthur Evans, including a lot of the paint, and various designs and structures.

   Instead of walking around marvelling at the history, I spent the whole time staring at stuff trying to figure out if it was real or not.

   For the record, this throne room in the photo is a ‘reconstruction’ based only on Arthur Evans’ imagination and some scraps of rubble. Nothing you see in this photo is real or even inspired by something real.

8. I found surprising, why they didn’t find any defence architecture there. It was a huge palace…

9. incredible!! thanks for sharing

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