ocr: the greatest of them at Knossos in 1900 by the British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans. The four known examples share features that could serve as a definition of the palace at its height. Each palace was the main building at its site, which was generally a major Minoan town. Each palace included a central court; generally there were other courts as well. Around that central court were grouped storage facilities, production areas, archives ofinscribed tablets, rooms for ritual activity and rooms for state functions. Great power was concentrated in these elaborate structures: both the secular an ...
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