NOUN
- British archaeologist who excavated the palace of Knossos in Crete to find what he called Minoan civilization (1851-1941)
How To Use Arthur Evans In A Sentence
- Well he had gone to Oxford and studied classical archaeology when people like Arthur Evans the famous excavator of Crete was there, it must have been an exciting time.
- Sir Arthur Evans describes as "the aniconic image of the god" a stone pillar on which crude pictures of a double axe have been scratched. The Evolution of the Dragon
- In Malta Sir Arthur Evans sees signs of a baetyl-worship very similar to this. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders
- For Sir Arthur Evans has collected all the stages in the transformation of Egyptian palmette pillars into the rayed pillars of The Evolution of the Dragon
- I am merely following early 20th century scholars like Sir Arthur Evans, Eduard Meyer and Gordon Childe who worked on the very reasonable principle of "modified diffusionism. An Exchange on 'Black Athena'
