Description: (Archaeologist)
Arthur Evans was a British archaeologist renowned for his groundbreaking research on Aegean civilization in the Bronze Age. He conducted excavations at the Minoan palace of Knossos in Crete, where he differentiated Minoan civilization from Mycenaean Greece. Evans identified and classified the Cretan scripts Linear A and Linear B, along with an earlier pictographic writing system. His discoveries played a crucial role in deepening our knowledge of ancient cultures in the eastern Mediterranean. Evans' work had a profound impact on archaeological methodologies and continues to shape contemporary research in the field.