Echoes of History

 See It On A Postcard's Thursday Postcard Hunt - in search of UNECO sites

The Grand Palace of Knossos was built around 1900 BC, rebuilt after an earthquake in about 1700 BC and finally destroyed around 1375-1400 BC.  It was the cultural and political centre of the Minoan civilization on Crete. The site was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list of 'Minoan Palatial Centres' in 2005.

The card shows the watch room or guardhouse of the Palace, an entry area to the west wing complex. 

Roman Wall at Housesteads Mile Castle. (Northumberland)

 Hadrian's Wall stretches across the narrowest part of northern Britain, spanning 73 modern miles (80 Roman miles). Built on the orders of the Roman Emperor Hadrian in AD122 as the northernmost limit of the Roman Empire and to control border crossings. The guard posts or mile castles were about 55 square feet and garrisoned by 50 men. They were built at mile intervals, with larger forts for 1000 infantrymen occurring at intervals of 3 to 7 miles.

Inscribed by UNESCO in 1987 as a standalone site and then extended in 2005 and 2008 into the transnational 'Frontiers of the Roman Empire' (which includes the Antonine Wall in Scotland and the German Limes (Limes Germanicus) fortifications.