There’s a modern analogy coming here, but first some history… When we were in Crete recently we visited the ancient site of Knossos. Dating back to around 1850BC it is a Minoan palace, which was largely excavated by Arthur Evans at the start of the 20th century. Evans, in typical Victorian imperialist mode, simply bought the site so he could oversee the dig. To give credit to Evans, he pursued the dig in a time of upheaval and was successful in unearthing many valuable finds, including th...
