WINNER of best screenplay award at the Agon International Film Festival in Thessaloniki, Dec 2006.

Knossos is the second most popular archaeological site in Greece, after the Parthenon. The official history of its discovery tells us of Sir Arthur Evans, the British archaeologist who unearthed the fabled Palace of King Minos.

But Knossos has an untold history:
It was not discovered by Sir Arthur Evans, but a local dilettante called Minos Kalokairinos. Moreover, despite Evans’ explanations and 100 years of archaeological research, we still do not know whether Knossos was a palace or a temple. Nor do we know if there was a King Minos, or whether he was a she, as evidence suggest a matriarchal social structure.

This film questions our understanding of the past, our dependence upon myth and the relationship between fact and fiction in history and archaeology, through the example of the Palace of Minos at Knossos.

Winner of Best Screenplay at the Agon International Film Festival for archaeological films, which took place at Thessaloniki 27 Nov - 3 Dec 2006.