Treasures from The Griffon Warrior's tomb to be displayed at the Archaeological Museum of Kalamata, Greece in 2021.
Treasures from The Griffon Warrior's tomb to be displayed at the Archaeological Museum of Kalamata, Greece in 2021. Nestor, the old wise Mycenaean king who was one of the participants in the Trojan War, was a real historical figure. His palace was discovered in 1939 by Dr. Carl W. Blegen of the University of Cincinnati, and Greek archaeologist, Dr. Konstantine Kourouniotis. University of Cincinnati researchers continue to exca vate the area near the ancient city of Pylos in Greece today under the auspices of The Griffon Warrior Project. In 2015, the team discovered a shaft tomb adjacent to the palace. Inside, they found the skeleton of a single adult male surrounded by an enormous hoard of over 3000 bronze, silver, gold and ivory artifacts, many of them produced in Crete. The warrior lay on his back with a meter-long sword, its hilt coated with gold, and gold-hilted dagger on his chest. Gold cups rested on the warrior’s chest and stomach and by his right side were hundreds o...