Knossos was the largest of the Minoan palaces, as they're called, on Crete, just three miles south of present day Heraklion. It flourished from about 2000 BC until the 15/14th centuries BC, when the Myceneans took control. No one is exactly sure why the Minoans lost out to the Myceneans, but the destruction of Knossos by an earthquake/tidal wave on nearby Santorini (60 miles north) in 1450 BC seems to have played a large part.
A badly eroded rock. There are several of these in what used to be the foundation. The ridges are very sharp.
Minoan columns are slightly "inverted," narrower at the bottom than at the top. Most all of the finished-looking structures are recreations by the English archeologist Arthur Evans, who first excavated Knossos from 1900 to the 1930s. 
The road to Knossos from the south. The Minoans had a system of paved roads connecting all the major cities on Crete.
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