May
01
Knossos palace, part 2
The big piccy shows 1 of 3 pits which were right next to the outer wall, the outer wall with the big balcony on top. According to the historians the pits were probably used to dump garbage in.
Come on, who wants to look at their garbage from their balcony. We thought it much more likely the pits were used for entertainment purposes.
You know, sentence a chap, throw him in the pit and watch him starve or throw in a bunch of wild animals after him.
Ah yeah, and on the floor of the pit you can see the remains of housing the palace was built on top of, dating back as far as 5000 years ago.

