Mediterranean #14 - Knossos Crete
Knossos is undeniably one of the most famous archaeological sites in the eastern Mediterranean. Unfortunately, what should have been a high point on our entire trip was in some ways a low point. It was at Knossos that we had the worst weather and the greatest crowds, which combined to produce the worst conditions for photography. What you see in this gallery will give you a bit of an idea of what it is like to visit Knossos, but a very poor idea of what the site is really like. The need to protect my camera from the rain meant there were parts of the site that didn't get photographed at all. The swarms of people, all trying to see the same things we were trying to see, combined with the need to try to keep up with our own group, meant there were things that could only be photographed through a screen of people, if at all. Finally, because the site is so large and complex, and so much construction/renovation/preservation was going on, I rarely knew with any certainty exactly where we were.
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