3500-year-old warrior skeleton found in treasure-filled grave
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a 3,500-year-old soldier buried in a treasure-filled grave, the Greek Culture Ministry says.
The grave site belongs to the Mycenaean era and when first discovered contained some 1,400 artifacts, including an ornate ivory-and gilt-hilted sword, jewelry, cups, bronze vases, and engraved gemstones, the ministry announced in a statement on Monday.
The treasure is "the most important to have been discovered in 65 years" in continental Greece, noted the statement.
The site is located in the country’s south — close to the palace of Pylos, which is believed to be a highly significant Mycenaean administrative center.
The Mycenaean were an ancient civilization which lived throughout the eastern Mediterranean in the second century BC.
The skeletal remains belong to man who died between the age of 30 to 35 and was most probably a palace aristocrat who was laid to rest in an assortment decorated in the style of the Minoans, a civilization that resided on island of Crete from around 2000 BC.
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