About Arthur John Evans
Sir Arthur John Evans was an English archaeologist and scholar of Bronze Age Minoan culture.
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Source record No.Portrait of Arthur EvansMediumPaintingMaterialOil on canvasImage date1907CreatorSir William RichmondSource notesWilliam Richmond. Portrait of Arthur Evans by Sir William Richmond, 1907. Oil on canvas. Ascension number WA1907.2, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom. In "File:Arthur Evans portrait (frameless), 1907, by William Richmond, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.jpg," Wikimedia Commons, uploaded 2017, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_Evans_portrait_(frameless),_1907,_by_William_Richmond,_Ashmolean_Museum,_Oxford.jpg, accessed July 15, 2020. [Sir Arthur Evans among the Ruins of the Palace of Knossos]
Biographical details
Basic information
person Full name | Arthur John Evans |
cake Date of birth | July 8, 1851 |
event_busy Date of death | July 11, 1941 |
Top works
The Palace of Minos / Vol. III | Scripta Minoa / Vol. I | The Palace of Minos / Vol. I | |
Book | Book | Book | |
1930 | 1909 | 1921 | |
Author | Author | Author | |
More info | More info | More info |
Authored works by Arthur John Evans
The Palace of Minos / Vol. III: A Comparative Account of the Successive Stages of the early Cretan Civilization as Illustrated by the Disco... Book · Arthur John Evans · 1930
The third volume of the Palace of Minos series by Arthur J. Evans concerns the northern and eastern end of the former Minoan palace at Knossos, Crete, Greece. It was published in 1930 and still provides useful evidence for palace culture in the Bronze Age Minoan kingdom. Almost four hundred illustrations provide excellent visual data in the form of figurines, ring seals, and more. chrome_reader_mode Read now The Palace of Minos / Vol. I: A Comparative Account of the Successive Stages of the early Cretan Civilization as Illustrated by the Disco... Book · Arthur John Evans · 1921
Palace of Minos / Vol. I by Sir Arthur Evans is an exhaustive treatment of the findings in Knossos, Crete, Greece. The work provides illustrations, descriptions, and viewpoints on early Minoan religion. chrome_reader_mode Read now Scripta Minoa / Vol. I: The Written Documents of Minoan Crete with Special Reference to the Archives of Knossos Book · Arthur John Evans · 1909
Scripta Minoa / Vol. I is a foundational work in Minoan inscriptions, culture, and linguistics. It provides an in-depth treatment of the symbols and inscriptions found in Minoan settlements throughout Crete, Greece. The symbols depicted are classified as Cretan Hieroglyphs or Linear A script Of particular note is The Phaistos Disk, an artifact which contains a spiral-shaped line of symbols. chrome_reader_mode Read now