--I mean the main place

我的意思是在我们主要通过
we can learn about this civilization was the city of Knossos,

克诺索斯城这个地方来了解这个文明
located on the northern shore of Crete

该城位于克里特岛北岸
where a great palace complex was discovered

在那里我们发现了雄伟的宫殿群
and is available.

仍存留至今
By the way it's an absolutely beautiful site,

顺便说一下那是一个相当美丽的景点
a great tourist site; you can see quite a lot there.

绝佳的旅游胜地你能看到许多美景
Anyway, when you examine that

总之当你考察过那个地区后
site and draw the conclusions that are inevitable from examining it,

就必然会做出这样的结论
and, also I should have said, all of the Minoan settlements,

我应该说过所有的米诺斯文明遗址
you realize that they look and seem very much like

看起来和古代近东地区
older civilizations that have grown up in the Ancient Near East.

成长起来的旧文明非常相似