Famous archaeologist Sinclair Hood passes away aged 103
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He was one of the great archaeologists of the 20th century, and was particularly associated with the Minoan Palace of Knossos where he worked and excavated for many years.
He passed away on Monday, two weeks short of his 104th birthday.
Hood was born in Cobh, (then Queenstown), Ireland, in 1917.
He received a Master of Arts degree from Magdalen College, Oxford in 1939 and later received a diploma in Prehistoric Archaeology from the University of London in 1947.
Hood then attended the British School of Archaeology in Athens. He later served as assistant director (1949-1951) and director (1954-1962).