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1. Built on a largely artificial hill, it was the most impressive of the Minoan palaces. It was the administrative center of Minoan Knossos. According to Greek mythology, the famous architect Daedalus designed the palace with such complexity that none of those who entered could find the way out.
2. When Arthur Evans started digging at Knossos on Crete in 1900, a major aim was to find inscriptions and prove that the ancient Cretans had been literate. The later, Linear B, represented a subsequent intrusion of Mycenaeans from the mainland.