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LABYRINTH: KNOSSOS, MYTH & REALITY

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.

10 Feb – 30 Jul 2023

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 and will include over 100 objects which have never left Crete and Greece before, alongside discoveries from the Ashmolean's Sir Arthur Evans Archive.

Replica of a relief fresco of a charging bull

Replica of a relief fresco of a charging bull
Replica Sissor-handled jar

Replica Sissor-handled jar
Seal depicting tumblers or acrobats in a field of lilies

Seal depicting tumblers or acrobats in a field of lilies
Sherd decorated with argonaut in relief. Red slipped on reverse

Sherd decorated with argonaut in relief. Red slipped on reverse
Sir Arthur Evans among the Ruins of the Palace of Knossos

Sir Arthur Evans among the Ruins of the Palace of Knossos
Spouted bowl

Spouted bowl
Stirrup jar showing an octopus design, largely restored

Stirrup jar showing an octopus design, largely restored
Terracotta female figurine wearing calathos

Terracotta female figurine wearing calathos
Terracotta female figurine wearing calathos

Terracotta female figurine wearing calathos
Terracotta figurine of a seated male

Terracotta figurine of a seated male
Terracotta figurine of female in bell skirt with raised arms

Terracotta figurine of female in bell skirt with raised arms
Terracotta figurine of female in bell skirt with raised arms

Terracotta figurine of female in bell skirt with raised arms
Two-handled spouted jug with dark-on-light polychrome decoration

Two-handled spouted jug with dark-on-light polychrome decoration