LABYRINTH: KNOSSOS, MYTH & REALITY EXHIBITION
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PAST EXHIBITION
A major exhibition, 10 Feb – 30 Jul 2023
According to legend, an elaborate labyrinth was built at Knossos on the island of Crete to hold a ferocious Minotaur. Discover the palace of Knossos, and the search for the labyrinth, in this major exhibition in Oxford.
The palace of Knossos, discovered and excavated over 100 years ago, was the centre of a Bronze Age civilisation of people we now call the Minoans, named after the legendary King Minos.
This will be the first UK exhibition to focus on Knossos. It will include over 100 objects which have never left Crete and Greece before, alongside discoveries from the Ashmolean's Sir Arthur Evans Archive and an exclusive experience of Knossos Palace from the acclaimed video game Assassin’s Creed Odyssey.
Archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans led excavations at Knossos in the early 20th century, and would later re-imagine and partially restore the palace. His archive at the Ashmolean has been central to our understanding of the site of Knossos, and many of his excavation plans, artworks and records will be on display alongside objects from the site.
A RESTORATION (2016), an 18-minute, two-screen digital video and sound installation by Turner Prize winning artist Elizabeth Price, is shown in the third gallery.
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"Thrilling"
The Times
"The amazing Ashmolean has done it again"
Stephen Fry
WATCH THE TRAILER
https://www.youtube.com/embed/JVNvrPdyiG8?rel=0
STORIES TO EXPLORE
MYTHS OF THE LABYRINTH
THE STORY OF ASSASSIN'S CREED ODYSSEY
REBUILDING THE PALACE OF MINOS
DINING WITH THE MINOANS
EXHIBITION SUPPORTERS
The Al Thani Collection Foundation and His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani
The Patrons of the Ashmolean Museum
The Emmett Family
A. G. Leventis Foundation
Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Foundation
The Luscinus Trust
Michael and Sue Pragnell
The Hellenic Foundation
The John S Fafalios Foundation
In collaboration with: Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, General Directorate of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage; National Archaeological Museum, Athens; Heraklion Archaeological Museum; Ephorate of Antiquities of Heraklion
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