Every archaeologist dreams of uncovering a trove of historically significant objects. Last spring, that dream became a reality for a team led by two University of Cincinnati scholars, who discovered the grave of a Bronze Age warrior in southwestern Greece. Now, as Nicholas Wade writes for the New York Times, the find has yielded intriguing treasures—and plenty of excitement from archaeologists.
The gravesite was found within the ancient city of Pylos. It's being called the richest tomb found in the region since the 1950s, Wade reports, for "the richness of its find and its potential for shedding light on the emergence of the Mycenaean civilization."
In a release, the University of Cincinnati lays out the wealth within the grave: bronze jugs; basins of bronze, silver and gold; four solid-gold rings; a bronze sword with an ivory hilt covered in gold; more than 1,000 beads of different gems; a gold-hilted dagger and much more. The entombed skeleton even has a nickname—the "Griffin Warrior"—in reference to an ivory plaque inscribed with a griffin found nearby.
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