Gnosia is also Latin, short for Gnōsia stella corōnæ "star of the crown of Knossos".
Directly to the south is Vlychia Stream, an east-west tributary of the north-south Kairatos River.
Madonna lilies are depicted on wall paintings at the Minoan palace of Knossos.
Rhytion is an ancient city of Crete, one of the seven cities of Crete that participated in the Trojan War according to the Iliad (besides Knossos, Gortys, Lykastos, Milatos, Lyktos, and Phaistos).
Breuil noted analogies between the White Lady and paintings of athletes found in Knossos (Crete), and suggested that the Brandberg might have been visited by a group of travelers coming from the Mediterranean area.
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The site was excavated in 1989 by the Atsipadhes Korakias Peak Sanctuary Project, directed by Alan Peatfield, then Curator of the British School at Athens branch at Knossos, now at University College Dublin Ireland.
Neolithic pottery is known from Knossos, Lera Cave and Gerani Cave.
In 344 BCE, Phalaecus the Phocian assisted the Cnossians against their neighbors the Lyctians, and took the city of Lyctus, from which he was driven out by Archidamus, king of Sparta.
Evidence that suggest the Minoans may have performed human sacrifice has been found at three sites: (1) Anemospilia, in a MMII building near Mt. Juktas, interpreted as a temple, (2) an EMII sanctuary complex at Fournou Korifi in south central Crete, and (3) Knossos, in an LMIB building known as the "North House." (explanation of abbreviations)
Knossos was laid up until March 1996, when she started sailing on the Patras—Igoumenitsa—Corfu—Ancona service.
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In 1988 Knossos was moved to the Piraeus—Chania service, where she remained until October 1995 when Minoan Lines decided to abandon the route.
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On 6 April 1978, she was renamed Knossos and subsequently entered service on Minoan Lines Piraeus—Heraklion route.
It is based on the development of the architectural complexes known as "palaces" at Knossos, Phaistos, Malia, and Kato Zakros, and divides the Minoan period into Prepalatial, Protopalatial, Neopalatial, and Post-palatial periods.