Reconstructed balustrade west front of the Palace of Knossos Crete c BC Knossos was the capital of the Minoan civilization which flourished on Crete from cc BC reaching its peak in around BC The palace was destroyed by fire in c BC but the site was discovered by the British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans in and excavated from onwards
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