The Bull of Minos - Cottrell, Leonard

The cities of Troy and Knossos are the stuff of legend. One, the city of Homer's 'Iliad', of Paris, Hector and Helen; the other home to a king who built a labyrinth in which to hide his monstrous son. This is the story of two of the most heroic, and controversial, figures in archaeology: Heinrich Schliemann, who discovered the remains of Troy, and Arthur Evans who unearthed the great city of King Minos. Ranking alongside Carter's discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, the discoveries at Troy and Knossos enabled a new understanding of Prehistoric Greece, the very dawn of civilisation. They also proved that what until then had only been myths and daydreams were actually real.

Softcover. English. Pan Books. 1972. 223 pp. In fair condition. Book No: 25038416