Archaeologists find Bronze Age tombs lined with gold

Science Daily ^ | December 17, 2019

[rdl6989]

Archaeologists with the University of Cincinnati have discovered two Bronze Age tombs containing a trove of engraved jewelry and artifacts that promise to unlock secrets about life in ancient Greece.

The UC archaeologists announced the discovery Tuesday in Greece.

Jack Davis and Sharon Stocker, archaeologists in UC's classics department, found the two beehive-shaped tombs in Pylos, Greece, last year while investigating the area around the grave of an individual they have called the "Griffin Warrior," a Greek man whose final resting place they discovered nearby in 2015.

Like the Griffin Warrior's tomb, the princely tombs overlooking the Mediterranean Sea also contained a wealth of cultural artifacts and delicate jewelry that could help historians fill in gaps in our knowledge of early Greek civilization.

[rdl6989]

Ping.

[ClearCase_guy]

I found a Golden Age tomb. Sadly, it was lined with bronze.

[WKUHilltopper]

So it was the Gold Age after all...

[Larry Lucido]

That’s gold, Jerry, gold!

[bgill]

All the gold in Greece is buried in the middle of Pylos in somebody else’s name.

[SkyDancer]

Looks like a Cross on that grave.

[rdl6989]

The Gatlin Brothers would be proud of that.

[Mathews]

Pictures, or it didn’t happen.

[a fool in paradise]

They had their gold medal bronze plated to make it last longer.

[rdl6989]

photos at link:

https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2019/12/n20880507.html

[Rurudyne]

Nice

[jerod]

I’m always amazed at journalist who write stories about fantastic archaeological finds and then forget to take or supply pictures of the finds... A picture is worth a thousand words.

[rdl6989]

See this link:

https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2019/12/n20880507.html

[jerod]

Here we go....

[Mathews]

THANK YOU!!! Very nice.

[Jamestown1630]

That third oblong item is amazing work.

(And we think of these ancient people as all primitive barbarians.)

[JimRed]

Whatever happened to “find, shovel and shut up”?

[rdl6989]

Thanks.

[fruser1]

I’m always astounded that, no matter where or how old the site, they always find those black and white ruler sticks. Must’ve been incredibly useful in the ancient world.

Yes, I’m joking.