Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . KNOSSOSI. TiiK ijNr, CoKKiiiiK r>i- THE Mac;azixes: Mr. IrKTASiN ihstaxik 2. Till; SlKll-Kli AkKA THE EXCAVATIONS 27 all respect to Schliemanns memory be it said—be notaltogether sorry that his somewhat summary methodswere not allowed by fate to be exercised on Knossos,and that it was written that not he, but the EnglishmanEvans, was to excavate the palace of Minos and theItalian Halbherr to disinter the companion palace atPhaistos. Both were, when they began their work,trained scholars and archaeologi
Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . KNOSSOSI. TiiK ijNr, CoKKiiiiK r>i- THE Mac;azixes: Mr. IrKTASiN ihstaxik 2. Till; SlKll-Kli AkKA THE EXCAVATIONS 27 all respect to Schliemanns memory be it said—be notaltogether sorry that his somewhat summary methodswere not allowed by fate to be exercised on Knossos,and that it was written that not he, but the EnglishmanEvans, was to excavate the palace of Minos and theItalian Halbherr to disinter the companion palace atPhaistos. Both were, when they began their work,trained scholars and archaeologists, and the excavationof these two splendid monuments of the older civiliza-tion of Greece could not have fallen into more capablehands than theirs. Inspired, probably, by Milchhofers little book, bothmen had early turned their attention to Crete as anarchaeological field. Halbherr was first in the from the fact that, of all the Greek lands, Cretemost resembles Italy, the great island has always had aninterest for Italians on account of the long connexionbet
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