British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchases the…

March 1900 CE

British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchases the land on Crete on which the ruins of the Palace of Knossos stand on March 16, 1900; he begins to unearth some of the palace three days later.

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