Theatre Steps of Knossos

Knossos was the largest Minoan palace, a warren of over a thousand rooms on the hill of Kephala, and the theatral area is one of its oddest survivals: a paved rectangle with tiers of shallow steps on two sides, thought to have held spectators for processions or displays. Arthur Evans excavated here from 1900 and controversially rebuilt sections in concrete with painted reconstructions, which is why Knossos looks more finished than any other Bronze Age site, and why archaeologists still argue about it.