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A large tablet with linear script found in the palace at Gnossus, Crete
Early European History Hutton Webster
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But the fame of even Schliemann's discoveries has been somewhat dimmed by the excavations made since 1900 A.D. on the site of Gnossus, the ancient capital of the island of Crete.
Early European History Hutton Webster
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Gortyna (of which St. Titus was first bishop), Gnossus, Arcadia,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Three thousand "free" Thracians had their own leader, and about the same number of Cretans followed their own generals, Susus of Phalasarna and Syllus of Gnossus.
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Cydonia was at war with Gortynia and Gnossus, and it was reported that a large number of Roman and Italian prisoners were kept in slavery all over the island.
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We decided on attacking a ruin on the acropolis of Gnossus, already partially exposed by the searches of local diggers for antiques.
The Autobiography of a Journalist Stillman, William James, 1828-1901 1901
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I had selected as the alternative locality the cave known as the burial-place of Zeus, on the summit of Mount Yuctas, not far from Gnossus, in the excavation of which I am convinced that archaeology will one day receive great light on early Cretan myth.
The Autobiography of a Journalist Stillman, William James, 1828-1901 1901
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Evans at Gnossus, in Crete, have greatly extended our knowledge of the prehistoric art of Greece and the Mediterranean basin, and established many points of contact on the one hand with ancient Egyptian and
A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised 1890
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One -- Epimenides of Phaestus, or Gnossus, in Crete, about 600.
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The Curetes, in Crete, had builded an altar to Heaven and to Earth; whose Mysteries they celebrated at Gnossus, in a cypress grove.
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Albert Pike 1850
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