Grave of ‘Griffin Warrior’ at Pylos Could Be a Gateway to Civilizations

New York Times ^ | October 26, 2015 | By Nicholas Wade

[Brad from Tennessee]

Archaeologists digging at Pylos, an ancient city on the southwest coast of Greece, have discovered the rich grave of a warrior who was buried at the dawn of European civilization.

He lies with a yardlong bronze sword and a remarkable collection of gold rings, precious jewels and beautifully carved seals. Archaeologists expressed astonishment at the richness of the find and its potential for shedding light on the emergence of the Mycenaean civilization, the lost world of Agamemnon, Nestor, Odysseus and other heroes described in the epics of Homer.

“Probably not since the 1950s have we found such a rich tomb,” said James C. Wright, the director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Seeing the tomb “was a real highlight of my archaeological career,” said Thomas M. Brogan, the director of the Institute for Aegean Prehistory Study Center for East Crete, noting that “you can count on one hand the number of tombs as wealthy as this one.”

The warrior’s grave belongs to a time and place that give it special significance. He was buried around 1500 B.C., next to the site on Pylos on which, many years later, arose the palace of Nestor, a large administrative center that was destroyed in 1180 B.C., about the same time as Homer’s Troy. The palace was part of the Mycenaean civilization; from its ashes, classical Greek culture arose several centuries later. . .

[teeman8r]

it’s all greek to me.

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[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Interesting. Thanks for posting.

[Jack Hammer]

Let’s hope the anonymous and ancient warrior took the time and made the effort to register his sword with his central government masters.

[Red Badger]

A bronze mirror with an ivory handle found in a grave of a warrior at Pylos in Greece. Credit Department of Classics/University of Cincinnati

A mirror? May have been a female warrior!......................

[Red Badger]

The pics in the slide show are astounding!.....................

[Red Badger]

BIG PinGGG!...........................

[Ditter]

I thought I lost that gold chain in the grocery store parking lot............. But I guess I lost in Greece!

[Ditter]

I thought I lost that gold chain in the grocery store parking lot............. But I guess I lost in Greece!

[rjsimmon]

Interesting...

When a group like this digs up a site it is archeology but if Hobby Lobby buys it, it is looting...

[JRandomFreeper]

LOL! I spent last summer teaching my grandkids Greek. They can't use that excuse.

/johnny

[JimSEA]

Remarkable find. The detail of the workmanship excellent.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Red Badger. And whoops, this hadn't been posted before, I'd merely already read something about it and shared it to Facebook.

[texas booster]

Hobby Lobby correctly understood that M.E. antiquities are threatened by the very “guardians” of the archaeological digs.

It's the US gov’t that fails to understand how to properly judge the rules regarding personal property purchased overseas, and stolen from a museum.

It's as stupid as allowing modern folks calling themselves Injuns to have any say in 10,000 y.o. bones in Washington.

Let's be thankful this is in Greece, and that the American taxpayer has paid all for the permits needed to start digging.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Red Badger.

Immanuel Velikovsky, The Dark Age Of Greece:

• Pylos
• The Homeric Question
• Linear B Deciphered
• Mycenaean City Names in the Iliad
• The Mycenaean Dialect

Edwin M. Schorr, Applying The Revised Chronology:

• Pylos
• The Design of the Palace

Jan Sammer, New Light On The Dark Age Of Greece:

• Pylos

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[NormsRevenge]

3500 years ago.. What a time to be alive.

This dude was connected.

Thanks for the post.