(2) the Circle-Graves, Mycenae
III. Wall of Sixth City, Troy
IV. The Lion Gate, Mycenae
V. (1) Vaulted Passage in Wall, Tiryns; (2) Beehive Tomb
(Treasury of Atreus), Mycenae
VI. The Cup-Bearer, Knossos
VII. The Long Gallery, Knossos
VIII. A Magazine with Jars and Kaselles, Knossos
IX. (1) Magazine with Jars and Kaselles; (2) Great Jar with
Trickle Ornament
X. (1) Part of Dolphin Fresco; (2) A Great Jar, Knossos
XI. Pillar of the Double Axes
XII. (1) Minoan Paved Road; (2) North Entrance, Knossos
XIII. Relief of Bull's Head
XIV. Clay Tablet with Linear Script, Knossos
XV. (1) Palace Wall, West Side, Mount Juktas in Background;
(2) Bathroom, Knossos
XVI. A Flight of the Quadruple Staircase; (2) Wall with Drain
XVII. (1) Hall of the Double Axes; (2) Great Staircase, Knossos
XVIII. The King's Gaming-Board
XIX. Ivory Figurines
XX. (1) Main Drain, Knossos; (2) Terra-cotta Drain-Pipes
XXI. Theatral Area, Knossos: Before Restoration
XXII. Theatral Area, Knossos: Restored
XXIII. Great Jar with Papyrus Reliefs
XXIV. The Royal Villa: (1) The Basilica; (2) Stone Lamp
XXV. (1) Knossos Valley; (2) Excavating at Knossos
XXVI. Great Staircase, Phaestos
XXVII. The Harvester Vase, Hagia Triada
XXVIII. Sarcophagus from Hagia Triada
XXIX. Minoan Pottery
XXX. Late Minoan Vase from Mycenae
XXXI. Kamares Vases from Phaestos and Hagia Triada
XXXII. Goldsmiths' Work from Beehive Tombs, Phaestos

SKETCH MAP OF CRETE

PLAN OF KNOSSOS

[Illustration: SKETCH MAP OF CRETE To Illustrate THE SEA KINGS OF
CRETE BY The Rev. James Baikie, F.R.A.S.]

THE SEA-KINGS OF CRETE

AND THE

PREHISTORIC CIVILIZATION OF GREECE

CHAPTER I

THE LEGENDS

The resurrection of the prehistoric age of Greece, and the disclosure
of the astonishing standard of civilization which had been attained
on the mainland and in the isles of the AEgean at a period at least
2,000 years earlier than that at which Greek history, as hitherto
understood, begins, may be reckoned as among the most interesting
results of modern research into the relics of the life of past
ages. The present generation has witnessed remarkable discoveries in
Mesopotamia and in Egypt, but neither Niffur nor Abydos disclosed a
world so entirely new and unexpected as that which has been revealed
by the work of Schliemann and his successors at Troy, Mycenae, and
Tiryns, a