Does anyone know why Greece has been so tardy in inscribing this site which was so significant in the flowering of European (and Greek) civilisation? Apparently Greece has 17 sites which its government considers more worthy of inscription. Surely this is "up with" Mycenae inscribed in 1999. Yet there was then a gap of 9 years before the next site emerged in 2007..... That "world class" town of Corfu no less!!! And Knossos? Well it has been on the Tentative list since 2003.

How can the UNESCO list be considered "complete" without this Bronze age site -important for so many aspects in the development of architecture, metal working, art, writing, western mythology etc etc etc? Is it possibly considered "over restored"? I remain mystified and regard it as a major gap in the list.

It is high up on my list of the most signifcant "missing" WHS. Herewith the link to the T List entry
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/267/

I totally support this one! Just looks like it has been forgotten.

I absolutely agree with Solivagant.

So I guess my idea to exclude items on the tentative lists is out. If so - Knossos is certainly a worthy candidate for this missing WHS list. I fully adher.

However I think that all the main archeological sites containing Minoic palace ruins should be inscribed as a serial site: Knossos, Phaistos, Malia and Zakros.

I think the serial proposal is a good one - "Minoan palaces of Crete"?

I'll change the name. And I guess that's a vote also from you, Paul?