Greek Farmer Accidentally Discovers 3,400-Year-Old Minoan Tomb Hidden Under Olive Grove

archaeology-world ^ | AUGUST 7, 2019 | ARCHAEOLOGY WORLD TEAM

[Anoop]

Sometime between 1400 and 1200 B.C., two Minoan men were laid to rest in an underground enclosure carved out of the soft limestone native to southeast Crete.

Both were entombed within larnakes—intricately embossed clay coffins popular in Bronze Age Minoan society—and surrounded by colorful funerary vases that hinted at their owners’ high status. Eventually, the burial site was sealed with stone masonry and forgotten, leaving the deceased undisturbed for roughly 3,400 years.

[Lurker]

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[rktman]

Wow. When you intentionally look for stuff like that you never find it. Or it’s the last place you look.

[Sacajaweau]

Very cool....

[NativeSon]

I’ve only discovered nails & old machine parts that wreck my tractor’s tires.

[bgill]

If he’d only applied himself, he’d have found a dozen or so by now.

[dp0622]

Boy I remember the time I found a 3,400-Year-Old Minoan Tomb Hidden Under an Olive Grove.

On Staten Island.

Who’d of figured?

[cactusflower]

I really enjoy reading about this stuff. It makes me wonder what they looked like, about their families, their political system, etc.

Very interesting. Thanks for posting.

[Navy Patriot]

Greek Farmer Accidentally Discovers 3,400-Year-Old Minoan Tomb Hidden Under Olive Grove

I wonder how much taxes the Socialist Greek Government will collect from 'em after 3400 years of dodging?

[yarddog]

Crete has always fascinated me.

It’s history goes back so far that we really don’t know much about it.

[NativeSon]

So THAT’s where I left it!

Throw a tarp over it, I’ll pick it up next weekend.

[dp0622]

ROFLMAO!!!

Get it out of my yard!!

[PIF]

Crete has always fascinated me.

It’s history goes back so far that we really don’t know much about it.

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Or as it is turning out, about human history prior to 3,000BC, or even prior to 11,800BC, or even 160,000BC ...

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Thank your lucky stars you don’t uncover unexploded ordnance like throughout Western Europe.

[pepsi_junkie]

I was talking to a german guy in Munich back when Greece was preparing to host the Olympics and they were way, way behind. I commented on that and he said "oh, that's Greece. You stick a shovel in the ground and you turn up a 3,000 year old thimble. Then the archaeologists come with their little brooms and spoons and you have to just sit around and wait, if they ever let you work there again at all. Usually if someone finds something there by accident they quickly hide it so they don't lose everything."

Takeaway: I hope that guy didn't depend too much on that olive grove to make his living.

[PJ-Comix]

FUN FACT: Ancient Greek civilization actually began in Crete which developed the olive oil business and trade.

[BenLurkin]

[GingisK]

What a wonderful discovery! Thank you for posting this article.

I'm going to park mu truck near the hedge, just in case I've got one of those. ;-D

[Big Red Badger]

Looks a little Cramped!

[Buttons12]

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