Sir Arthur John Evans (July 8, 1851 – July 11, 1941) was an English archaeologist. July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Evans uncovered the civilization he dubbed "Minoan," which had been a dim mythic memory. He was the son of Sir John Evans (archaeologist), a paper manufacturer and amateur archaeologist of Welsh descent. Educated at Harrow and Brasenose College, Oxford and the University of Göttingen and having inherited his father's interest in archaeology, Arthur was curator of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 1884–1908. Sir John Evans (17 November 1823 - 31 May 1908) was an English archaeologist and geologist. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Harrow School Crest Harrow School is a British public school, located in Harrow on the Hill, in North West London. ... College name Brasenose College Named after Bronze door knocker Established 1509 Sister College Gonville and Caius College Principal Prof. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... The Georg-August University of Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, often called the Georgia Augusta) was founded in 1734 by George II, King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover, and opened in 1737. ... Importance and applicability Most of human history is not described by any written records. ... A curator of a cultural heritage institution (e. ... The Ashmolean Museum (in full the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology) in Oxford, England is the worlds first university museum. ... Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Evans' special interest was the Greek island of Crete, and he was largely responsible for the excavations of the palace-city of Knossos, chief center of the Minoan civilization, which uncovered the site that is open to visitors today. Not only did he discover these remains and publish them in four volumes The Palace of Minos at Knossos (1921–1935), a classic of archaeology, but he substantially restored and partially reconstructed them, using some foreign materials like concrete that are offensive to purists but help the average visitor "read" the site. While many of his contemporaries were interested in removing items of interest from the sites they uncovered, Evans wanted to turn Knossos into a museum where Minoan culture could become tangible, as he was far more interested in building a whole vision of the past than simply displaying its riches. Greece and Crete Crete, sometimes spelled Krete (Greek Κρήτη / Kriti; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea. ... For excavation in civil engineering see earthworks (engineering). ... Knossos Knossos (35°18′ N 25°10′ E; alternative spellings Knossus, Cnossus, Gnossus, Greek Κνωσσός) is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete, probably the ceremonial and political center of the Minoan culture. ... Map of Minoan Crete The Minoans were a pre-Hellenic Bronze Age civilization in Crete in the Aegean Sea, prior to Helladic or Mycenaean culture (i. ...

Though deciphering and translating the scripts found on the site always eluded him, Evans recognized that they were in two scripts, which he dubbed "Linear A" and "Linear B." Linear A etched on tablets found in Akrotiri, Santorini. ... Linear B script sample Linear B is a script that was used for writing Mycenaean, an early form of the Greek language. ...

Evans, however, should also be remembered for his own irrationally obstinate Creto-centrism, which led to unfriendly debate between himself and the mainland archaeologists Carl Blegen and Alan Wace. Evans' insistence upon a single timeline of development, climax, and decay for Bronze-Age Greek civilization based upon his dating of Knossos and other Minoan palaces ran contrary to Wace's dating of Mycenae, which saw its heyday in the midst of Knossos' decline, as well as Blegen's discovery of Linear B tablets at Pylos, which he (correctly) speculated were, in fact, Greek. Nevertheless, Evans generated strange and convoluted explanations for these findings, and in enmity, he actually used his influence to have Wace removed from his tenured position at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. Mycenae (ancient Greek: , IPA , in modern Greek: Μυκήνες ; see also List of traditional Greek place names), is an archaeological site in Greece, located about 90km south-west of Athens, in the north-eastern Peloponnese. ... There are also Pylos in Ilia including Pylos Ilias and Pyrgos Trifylias which are both archaeological sites Pylos (Greek Πύλος Formerly Navarino) is the name of a bay and a town on the west coast of the Peloponnese, in the district of Messenia in southern Greece. ... The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. ...

Evans was knighted in 1911 for his services to archaeology, and is commemorated both at Knossos and at the Ashmolean Museum. The excavation at the site of Knossos (which he purchased in order to preserve it), has been continued to the present day by the British School of Archaeology, Athens. A statue of an armoured knight of the Middle Ages For the chess piece, see knight (chess). ... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... The Ashmolean Museum (in full the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology) in Oxford, England is the worlds first university museum. ... The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. ...

See also

• Lewis Evans, his brother, a scientific instrument collector and businessman
• Duncan Mackenzie, a fellow archaeologist, Evans' right-hand man at Knossos