The palaces of Crete and their builders . aly has thehonour of having begun Cretan exploration twenty years ago,through the agency of Professor Halbherr of the University ofRome, but we are only at the beginning of this great revolutionarymovement in historic study, and we ought not to be satisfied untilItaly has investigated the regions of Libya and Cyrenaica and 20 3o6 PALACES OF CRETE AND THEIR BUILDERS made excavations in Tripoli, presumably the cradle of Mediter-ranean culture. I Another proof that oil was stored in great abundance is thatwhen the conflagration took place at Knossos the w
The palaces of Crete and their builders . aly has thehonour of having begun Cretan exploration twenty years ago,through the agency of Professor Halbherr of the University ofRome, but we are only at the beginning of this great revolutionarymovement in historic study, and we ought not to be satisfied untilItaly has investigated the regions of Libya and Cyrenaica and 20 3o6 PALACES OF CRETE AND THEIR BUILDERS made excavations in Tripoli, presumably the cradle of Mediter-ranean culture. I Another proof that oil was stored in great abundance is thatwhen the conflagration took place at Knossos the walls of thefourth magazine, where large oil vessels were found, were com-pletely calcined like the walls of an oven. Olives were used as food in Minoan times, as is proved by thequantity of olive-stones found in the Mycenaean palaces. Tsountassaw a vase at Tiryns full of stones, probablv the remains of olivesin brine. Olive leaves are painted on Mvcena^an vases, and it iseasv to recognise olive branches in the decoration of the FIG. 151.—TERRACOTTA CANDLESTICK, WnH SOCKET FOR THE CAXDLE,FOUXD AT KXOSSOS BY DR. EVANS. A clay candlestick with wide bottom, just like those usedto-day, was found by Dr. Evans at Knossos - (Fig. 151). Thelower part is decorated with spirals, and the sides are so thin thatwe may suppose a wax candle was used. I have before me photo-graphs of jugs exactly like those we use to-day to hold water forwashing, and a whole series of pots and stewpans, which, thoughmade 1000 years before Homer, are the same in form as theutensils of a modern kitchen. The following Italian archaeologists, in addition to those J have alreadymentioned, have made explorations in Crete or published works on its ancientremains : Mariani, Taramelli, De Sanctis, Paribeni, and Gerola. ~ Knossos Excavations, 1902. COOKERY IX POETRY AND REAL LIFE 307 XI. After the extinction of Mvcena^an civilisation invaders de-scended on Attica from the rich and fertile countries of Macedo
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