Replica was based on an Egyptian import found beneath the South Propylaeum at Knossos in 1900. Evans emphasised the role of contact with Egypt in the development of the Minoan civilisation.
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Myres, John (ed.). 1936. British Archaeological Discoveries in Greece and Crete 1886-1936, p. 13