Intact Mycenaean tomb found at Pylos
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
An intact tomb dating to roughly 1500 BC belonging to a warrior was the biggest discovery over the summer at ongoing archaeological excavations near the Mycenaean-era Palace of Nestor, in the extreme southeast of Greece.
The discovery was brought to light by a University of Cincinnati team led by archaeologists Jack L. Davis and Sharon Stoker. The discovery is part of the Pylos Regional Archaeological Project (PRAP), a multi-disciplinary and long-time archaeological expedition established 1990 to investigate the history of prehistoric and historic settlement and land use in western Messinia prefecture (southeastern Peloponnese), and especially the area centered on the Bronze Age site known as the Palace of Nestor
According to a culture ministry press release, the tomb - which looters had overlooked for millennia -- and its contents rank as one of the most important discoveries in mainland Greece over the past 65 years. Various artifacts, including a bronze sword with a gold-plated ebony handle, were discovered.
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