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Posted: **Mon Oct 26, 2015 10:25 pm**

Unlooted.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/27/scien ... =5043&_r=0

Archaeologists digging at Pylos, an ancient city on the southwest coast of Greece, have discovered the rich grave of a warrior who was buried at the dawn of European civilization.

He lies with a yardlong bronze sword and a remarkable collection of gold rings, precious jewels and beautifully carved seals. Archaeologists expressed astonishment at the richness of the find and its potential for shedding light on the emergence of the Mycenaean civilization, the lost world of Agamemnon, Nestor, Odysseus and other heroes described in the epics of Homer.

Posted: **Sun Nov 01, 2015 9:27 am**

Hi min -

They're calling him the Griffin Warrior, but we have not seen the griffin yet.

I suspect there may be, and that is "may be", ties via the Griffin motif to the Carcamesh area, but the exact significance of the griffin motif is not clear.

With the find of the remains at Iklaina, the Pylos area is getting very interesting.

All in all, I'd rather be troweling through the tsunami deposits at Amnisos on Crete than dealing with the really nasty boneheads here in Ohio.

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