In 1899, he began a series of excavations that would last for the next thirty six years in the modern  city of Kephala.
From 1884 to 1908 he worked as the curator of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum, where he developed an interest in a collection of ancient coins and seals. In 1899, he began a series of excavations that would last for the next thirty six years in the modern  city of Kephala. FTP, name this archaeologist, who rebuilt the palace he discovered, and who gave the name "Minoan" to the civilization he discovered in Crete.
From 1884 to 1908 he worked as the curator of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum, where he developed an interest in a collection of ancient coins and seals.
Arthur Evans