An Ancient Haunting – Book One of 'The Lily Ash Adventures'
England, 1930
Some secrets refuse to stay buried . . .
Abandoned by her mother, bullied at boarding school, haunted by a poltergeist . . . Lily Ash is only 12, but she already thinks her life can’t get any worse. Then her uncle forces her to join his next archaeological excavation on the Greek island of Crete.
As she explores the ancient site of Knossos with local boy Micky, Lily discovers that its powerful spirits have been waiting a very long time for someone with her psychic abilities.
An Ancient Haunting is aimed at readers aged 10 + but adults also enjoy it enormously. It is the first book in a new series featuring the young psychic, Lily Ash, who will have many future adventures on mysterious ancient sites . . .
An Ancient Haunting is based on real events at the excavation of the Palace of Knossos by Sir Arthur Evans and other archaeologists during the 1930 season – a fascinating history of discovery, earthquakes and forgery!
The book has been beautifully illustrated by Anna Streetly. Check out more of her work at @magpiemateria
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Knossos is a Bronze Age archaeological site in Crete. The site was a major centre of the Minoan civilisation and is known for its association with the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, perhaps because bulls are a dominant image in its art, and the many rooms of the palace resemble a maze or labyrinth. It is located on the outskirts of Heraklion.
Like other Minoan palaces, this complex of buildings served as a religious and administrative centre rather than a royal residence. The earliest parts of the palace were built around 1900 BC in an area that had been used for ritual feasting since the Neolithic. The palace was continually renovated and expanded over the next five centuries until its final destruction around 1350 BC. It was first discovered by Minos Kalokairinos and excavated at the turn of the 20th century by Sir Arthur Evans and many skilled Cretan workers, including the foreman, Emmanuel Akoumianakis, pictured below.
