The palace of Knosós and its surroundings - 3D virtual reality tour

Temple repositories

This room is the focal point of the Palace Sanctuary. It is approached from the Central Court by four descending steps. The floor is of crazy paving surrounded by gypsum flagstones and the eponymous stone seat is on the right. On the west are the two reconstructed doorways to the Pillar Crypts and the Vat Room. To the north are two small storerooms, the last being that of the Temple Repositories. The sacred nature of this general area is not revealed by the existence of a formal shrine but rather by sacred objects (contents of the Repositories and stone rhyta from the Treasury) and the characteristics of surrounding rooms.

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Central Court
West Court
Throne Room
Temple Repositories
North Lustral Basin
Theatral Area
Domestic Quarter
South House

Little Palace

Temple Tomb

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