 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Arthur Evans, nyanzvi yokutanga yokuchera matongo akachera muMinoan Knossos, akahaya muimbi wokuSwitzerland Emile Gilliéron nomwanakomana wake, Emile, sevakuru vanodzorera mifananidzo yokuKnossos. Kudzorerwa kwave kuchishoropodzwa gare gare; uye zvino kunoonekwa ne kusagutsikana kwakanaka se kunyanya kuzvivimba nenyanzvi. Mune chimwe chiitiko chinokosha mufananidzo wetsoko wakashandurwa kuva mukomana; kutaura idi mifananidzo yavanhu haiwanzoratidziki muzviono zvefresco zvemamiriro okunze. Spyridon Marinatos akafukunura nzvimbo yekare paAkrotiri, ipapo guta guru reSantorini, iyo yaibatanidza Mifananidzo Yemadziro yeThera, mifananidzo inoita kuti ive nzvimbo yechipiri yakakurumbira yeMinoan. Kunyange zvazvo mifananidzo yacho isina kunyatsonaka, uye ukama hwayo hwezvematongerwe enyika neKrete husina chokwadi, guta racho rakafukidzwa nemadota anoputika pakuputika kweMinoanmunenge muna 1600 B.C., uye mazhinji awo akapukunyuka zvakakwana zvikuru kupfuura aya okuKrete. Nenzira isiri yenguva dzose, iwo anobatanidza zvifananidzo zvechikadzi zvine ukuru chaihwo, mumwe sezviri pachena ari muprisitikadzi. 