Ancient site · Greece · Partial ruin
Knossos
Knossos is an archaeological site on Kephala hill in Crete dominated by the multi-storey Palace of Minos, the largest centre of Minoan civilisation. The complex contains courts, storage magazines, staircases, reception and ritual spaces and richly painted wall plaster. Occupation at Knossos spans from the Neolithic into the first millennium AD, with the palace reaching its height in the Bronze Age.
First raised
6999 BC
Its prime
1500 BC
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1500 BC
The shape it held in its prime.
A multilevel palatial complex built in pale and ochre ashlar and rubble masonry with broad terraced platforms, recessed porticoes and painted plaster surfaces; many timber elements were supported on distinctive red, tapering Minoan columns with dark capitals. Open central courts and light-wells puncture the mass; long magazine blocks held large clay pithoi. Colourful frescoes occupied recessed wall panels, and the whole sits on Kephala hill amid olive groves and low stone boundary walls.
Step inside
8 places to explore in 1500 BC.
The record describes 8 distinct spots at Knossos — including 7 interiors: central court, monumental entrance and threshold, storage magazines (pithoi rooms) and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.
Create History
Recreate Knossos with AI to explore it.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1500 BC — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
Recreate Ancient site to Explore →
