The palaces of Crete and their builders . ies with the Cretan civilisation, andat Olympia, also celebrated as one of the most importantreligious centres of the Hellenic people, the temples servedas Some arc i m. 70 deep and 77 c. m. wide, others i m. 20 and \o centimetreswide, all are little less than a metre in length. In the plan these cists are notindicated, as they were not discovered till after the plan was drawn. ^ C. Diehl, Excursions archeologiques en Grece, p. 167. THE PALACE OF KNOSSOS 129 I asked Mr. Evans it there was any objection to thehypothesis that the vassals deposite
The palaces of Crete and their builders . ies with the Cretan civilisation, andat Olympia, also celebrated as one of the most importantreligious centres of the Hellenic people, the temples servedas Some arc i m. 70 deep and 77 c. m. wide, others i m. 20 and \o centimetreswide, all are little less than a metre in length. In the plan these cists are notindicated, as they were not discovered till after the plan was drawn. ^ C. Diehl, Excursions archeologiques en Grece, p. 167. THE PALACE OF KNOSSOS 129 I asked Mr. Evans it there was any objection to thehypothesis that the vassals deposited their valuables in theprinces palace. He answered, smiling, It is possible. The richness of the magazines and their great extent incomparison with those of Phsstos give reason to the belief thathere was the capital of the kingdom ; in fact, similar cists arenot found either at Phasstos or elsewhere. The study of theprivate chests, to give them their modern name, makes it appearthat personal property was much divided. Allowing that each. FIG. 57.—DIVIDIXG WALLS OF THE CELLS IX THE MAGAZINES OF THEPALACE OF KXOSSOS. of the richest citizens possessed a chest, there would be more thana hundred wealthy proprietors, and we may reject the idea ofthere being landed proprietors in Crete. Other facts tendto confirm a similar conclusion. In Greece, even in the mostliberal States such as Athens, numerous restrictions prevented theaccumulation of property, and it is reasonable to believe thatsimilar restrictions already existed in the remote period ofMinoan civilisation. I30 PALACES OF CRETE AND THEIR BUILDERS MR. ARTHUR EVANSS CHRONOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION. To establish the chronology of the monuments discovered in Crete Dr. Evansrelies on the study of Egyptian antiquity, and his classification is indispensablefor the comprehension of Minoan and Mycensan civilisation. The history ofCretan monuments is divided into three periods and each of these into threedivisions. The last period corr
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