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Arthur Evans

noun

British archaeologist who excavated the palace of Knossos in Crete to find what he called Minoan civilization (1851-1941). Synonyms: Evans, Sir Arthur John Evans.

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... stone circles, monoliths are generally admitted to belong to the Stone Age people before the Celts arrived, and when they are adequately investigated, as Mr. Arthur Evans has investigated Stonehenge (Archaeological Review, vol. ii. pp. 312-330), and the Rollright Stones (Folklore, vol. vi. pp. 5-51), the evidence of a prehistoric origin ...

— Folklore as an Historical Science • George Laurence Gomme

... Wren, philosopher as he was, decided that the delight of man in setting up columns was acquired through worshiping in the groves of the forest; and modern research has come to much the same view, for Sir Arthur Evans shows that in the first European age columns were gods. All over Europe the early morning of architecture was spent in the worship of ...

— The Builders - A Story and Study of Masonry • Joseph Fort Newton

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