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The West Magazines at Knossos
The West Magazines at Knossos (photo: Athena Review).
The
west magazines in the New Palace at Knossos were ancient storerooms
from the Middle Minoan III period (1700-1600 BC), located near the
Central Court. A significant portion of the ground floor of the palaces
was devoted to storage magazines containing large pottery jars (pithoi).
These magazines were often located in the west wing, as at Knossos
where they were found by Evans to be filled with numerous pithoi, many still in place today.
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