Archaeologists in Greece find 3,500-year-old royal tombs

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Archaeologists have discovered two royal tombs dating from about 3&comma;500 years ago near a major Mycenaean-era palace in Greece’s southern Peloponnese region&comma; the Greek culture ministry said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A ministry statement said the dome-shaped roofs of both tombs near the Bronze Age palace of Pylos collapsed during antiquity&comma; and the chambers became filled with so much earth and rubble that grave robbers could not get in to plunder them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; the tombs were disturbed during the period of their use over several generations — unlike another Mycenaean grave found nearby in 2015 that yielded a stunning hoard of gold and silver treasure&comma; jewellery and bronze arms buried with a man presumed to have been an early ruler of Pylos&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Recovered grave goods from the two tombs included a golden seal ring and a golden amulet of an ancient Egyptian goddess&comma; highlighting Bronze Age trade and cultural links&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The ministry said the discovery was particularly important as it shed light on the early phases of Greece’s Mycenaean civilisation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Mycenaean era&comma; between roughly 1650-1100 BC provided the material for many of the myths and legends of ancient Greece including that of the Trojan War&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The larger of the two tombs had a diameter of 12 metres at floor level and its stone walls survived to a height of 4&period;5 metres — less than half its original height&period; The other was about two-thirds of that size and its walls now stand two meters high&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Both belong to the tholos type of tomb&comma; massive domed underground constructions reserved for Mycenaean royalty that could reach roughly 15 metres in height&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They were excavated over the past two years by University of Cincinnati archaeologists&comma; who also discovered the nearby rich burial that is known as the Griffin Warrior grave&comma; after some of the ornaments found in it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>All three graves&comma; together with another tholos tomb found nearby decades ago&comma; were built earlier than the sprawling palace whose ruins lie close by&comma; and which features in Homer’s Odyssey as the seat of the wise King Nestor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e2ef6ad2e31">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e2ef6ad2e31'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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