Rare warrior tomb with lavish goods found in Pylos

Posted On: Oct 27th, 2015 at 16:19

**Breaking News**
Greece
Archaeologists have unearthed a very rare tomb of a warrior in Pylos, Peloponnese.
The 3,500-year-old Bronze Age tomb is lavishly filled with 1,400 items including weapons, gold and bronze objects, and other many priceless goods.
With all those items it’s a miracle they had room for the body! 🙂
On a more serious note, this is an extraordinary find as it is one of the earliest known tombs of its kind, with the goods clearly emanating a style closely associated with the Minoan civilisation, which originated on the island of Crete.
The Minoans supposedly influenced the Mycenaean culture on mainland Greece – the first known major culture in the country – and this tomb, due to its age and location, may be a smoking gun that links the two cultures together by showing how they developed. This tomb, is essence, is rather like the bridge between the two cultures and could provide the definitive link, not only with the styles of the goods but also in location. In other words, how the Minoan culture influenced the mainland and how it then spread through the Peloponnese to form the Mycenaean culture.
Pylos was on my list of places to visit when I was in Greece a few weeks back but time constraints meant it was one of the few places I opted to miss out, mainly due to locality. Do I regret that decision? :-/

http://magazine.uc.edu/editors_picks/recent_features/warrior_tomb.html