Ancient Maps

- The discovery of Knossos by Minos Kalokairinos and Sir Arthur Evans.
- The discovery of Troy by Heinrich Schliemann.
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Most of what is known of the ancient world comes from the accounts of antiquity's own historians. Although it is important to take into account the bias of each ancient author, their accounts are the basis for our understanding of the ancient past. Some of the more notable ancient writers include Herodotus, Thucydides, Polybius, Sima Qian, Sallust, Livy, Josephus, Suetonius, and Tacitus.