It is thought the crypts were originally used as special burial places for the nobility.

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He said it was hoped the crypts could open to the public once they had been damp-proofed and cleared of rubble.

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By comparison with the crypts, staircases and pillared halls of Knossos, the other half-dozen Minoan palaces that have been excavated around Crete are dull ground-plans in stone.

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