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This Ancient Palace on the Island of Crete Has the Oldest Throne Room in Europe

On the island of Crete lies the ruins of an ancient palace. Now part of modern Greece, Crete was once the center of the Aegean civilization known as the Minoans. Known for elaborate palaces and beautiful frescos, the Minoans were powerful players in the eastern Mediterranean during the Bronze Age, with trading connections to Old Kingdom Egypt and the civilizations of Mesopotamia. The Minoans are commonly described as the first complex civilization of Europe. Nowhere is the glory of Minoan culture so on display as at Knossos—a royal palace nearby the port of Heraklion, Crete.

The north portico of Knossos. (Photo: Bernard Gagnon via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0)

The throne room at Knossos, featuring frescoed walls.

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The famous dolphin fresco.

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A bull-leaping scene shown in a (restored) fresco.

Hello! Yes, he was the same! If you notice, the three judges of the underworld had a background in being kings or very just or doing something profound for humanity. Minos was the one that reigned in Crete and "culturized" the Cretans, and he took advice from Zeus, his father, on how to justly rule his people.

I did some research on that, and then the final clue I saw it the Greek archeologist The Mythologist. I'll link the video below. It's in Greek but... just for verification reasons. I relied heavily on him because he is thorough in his research and generally quite reliable.

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