biography
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Evans, Sir Arthur (John)
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| lived:
| (1851–1941)
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| biography:
| Archaeologist, born in Nash Mills, Hertfordshire, SE England, UK. He was curator of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (1884–1908), where he developed an interest in the ancient coins and seals of Crete. Between 1899 and 1935 he excavated the city of Knossos, discovering the remains of the civilization which in 1904 he named Minoan after Minos, the Cretan king of Greek legend. He was knighted in 1911. |
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