Knossos Riddle

The cause of the destruction of Knossos has long puzzled archaeologists. What really happened to bring the Minoan culture on Crete to a crashing end 3,500 years ago. Is it true that the eruption of a volcano is to blame? Was it simply a series of earthquakes?

Kathimerini reports:

The Culture Ministry has given the go-ahead for a seismological study [for] the ruins of Knossos, the largest of the Bronze Age palatial complexes built by the Minoans. Scientists will also dig trenches across existing faults in the area of Archanes, a few kilometers to the south, in a bid to record the area’s seismic history. They will not be allowed to excavate in Knossos itself, where no faults are known to exist, but will thoroughly map the area.

This should prove to be very interesting, especially if they are able to come up with any evidence that would strongly point to one cause or another of the destruction of Knossos.

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