> In the small island culture of Menoa (i think that's how it is spelled) which preceded early greek culture, there was a palace built which was five stories tall, however, three of them were underground in order to aid in cooling.

The island you're thinking of is Minos; the culture was Minoan. Do you mean the underground storeys cooled the rest? I'm trying to think how that would work at their level of technology. Or do you just mean the underground storeys would be cooler because they were underground?

Brunnen-"wants to go there some day"G