10 Ancient Tombs Found Hidden Beneath Royal Palace Floors

10 Ancient Tombs Found Hidden Beneath Royal Palace Floors The floor has been polished for three thousand years. You are standing in the throne room of Knossos, the oldest palace in Europe, on the island of Crete, and the walls are painted with blue dolphins and red griffins moving in elegant procession. It is beautiful. It is serene. And somewhere beneath the stone under your feet, sealed away from every tour guide and every textbook photograph, the Minoans buried something they never advertised.