Posted on 02/15/2004 11:13:16 AM PST by blam
Road project strikes tomb
A new road project on the outskirts of Volos in central Greece has revealed what appears to be an intact, unplundered Mycenaean royal tomb, a report said yesterday.
The subterranean tholos tomb was found along with four or five small, box-like cist tombs during construction of a new Volos ring road, according to the Ethnos daily.
Archaeologists have not yet entered the tholos tomb — a monumental structure of the same type as the famous “Tomb of Atreus” at Mycenae, which would have contained the remains of a local ruler. The paper quoted local antiquities director Vassiliki Adrymi as saying the burial appeared to be unplundered by grave robbers.
“According to initial indications, this great funerary monument is sealed and has not been plundered,” she said. “We believe it is 6.5 meters high and 8 meters in diameter.” This would be about half the size of the Atreus tomb.
At nearby Dimini, some 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) west of Volos, Adrymi has excavated a Mycenaean settlement associated with Iolkos, city of the mythical hero Jason.
So much stuff just waiting to be discovered. Makes me want to start digging down by the dock.
LOL, go 50-100 miles off-shore if you expect to find anything really old.
Right. Unless you live or work in the middle of the contruction project that's been delayed.
Boston's "Big Dig" was delayed for a couple of million tax dollars when they came across the remains of a 2 or 3 hundred year-old latrine.
But, I guess a decent tomb would be worth it. :-)
I am sure people once lived there. People tend to camp or settle near flowing water but should I find something important then I could end up losing the place.
Of course maybe they would let me watch them dig and that would be neat. But then they likely would not let me use the dock anymore and that would be bad.
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My ex inlaws had a summer place. They let a university search the land. I asked them if they were crazy. What if they
found something and all of sudden the well went dry, or septic system had to be relocated?
Don't know. I not to up on 'current events', lol.
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