Arthur Evans

Mr. Cartledge, a gentle guide, does not utterly destroy traditional notions that his fellow Cnossos visitors might entertain about the bull-loving King Minos and the magnificence of the palaces imagined by the 19th-century British excavator and fantasist Arthur Evans.

When Trouble in Athens Meant Sparta 2010

The gallery has a world-class collection, encompassing the archaeological treasures of Lord Arundel and Arthur Evans, the cabinet of curiosities of Elias Ashmole, and one of the most fascinating Renaissance paintings anywhere, Piero di Cosimo's Forest Fire.

The Ashmolean Museum hasn't sold its soul 2010

Our TLS-travellers fabricate absurd histories for other peoples (Arthur Evans in Crete); or they love Florence but hate the Florentines (almost every nothern European in 1900); or they visit Mauritius and kill all the dodos; and many more tales of bad trips besides.

Peter Stothard - Times Online - WBLG: 2009

Our TLS-travellers fabricate absurd histories for other peoples (Arthur Evans in Crete); or they love Florence but hate the Florentines (almost every nothern European in 1900); or they visit Mauritius and kill all the dodos; and many more tales of bad trips besides.

Books 2009

Dr. Eisenberg asserts that Mr. Pernier created the disc himself, because he was jealous of the accomplishments of archaeologists like Federico Halbherr, who discovered the “earliest legal code found in Europe” in Crete in 1884, and Arthur Evans, who excavated the palace at Knossos, also in Crete.

More on the Phaistos Disc Jan 2008

Dr. Eisenberg asserts that Mr. Pernier created the disc himself, because he was jealous of the accomplishments of archaeologists like Federico Halbherr, who discovered the “earliest legal code found in Europe” in Crete in 1884, and Arthur Evans, who excavated the palace at Knossos, also in Crete.

Archive 2008-07-01 Jan 2008

Art conservation must be capable of bringing these walls to life, as Arthur Evans did, however imperfectly, the Minoan murals at Knossos.

Restoring Church murals in England 2008

Arthur Evans seemed to have discovered the history underlying Greek myths and to have unearthed the earliest high civilization of Europe (in contrast to those of ancient Egypt and the Near East).

Talking About Fakes 2004

In late May 1903, toward the end of his fourth campaign at the palace of Knossos, Arthur Evans and his crew raised some of the gypsum slabs at a spot they had overlooked when they excavated two years before, revealing two large rectangular stone-lined cists.

Snake Goddesses, Fake Goddesses 2001

Arthur Evans, excavator of Knossos, believed that his "Boy God" figurine and the "Boston Goddess" once formed a group.

Snake Goddesses, Fake Goddesses 2001