"Two intact tombs found in Mycenaean cemetery" Topic
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Tango01 | 27 Aug 2019 1:05 p.m. PST |
"Two intact Bronze Age tombs have been discovered in Aidonia cemetery near Nemea in Greece's Peloponnese peninsula. Both chamber tombs date to the late Mycenaean period (1400-1200 B.C.) and were found complete with human remains and grave goods. The Aidonia cemetery contains rock-cut chamber graves dating to the Mycenaean era (17th-12th century B.C.). They are of consistent design, each made of three sections: a road or pathway leading to an entrance leading to the burial chamber. The early Mycenaean tombs held richer and more extensive grave goods — jewelry, gold, weapons, luxury ceramics — while the late period chambers had more modest offerings. The newly-discovered tombs contained mainly pottery — figurines, clay vessels, false amphorae, basins — and smaller objects like buttons…" See here link Amicalement Armand
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Dn Jackson | 27 Aug 2019 10:43 p.m. PST |
Nice. Too bad about the looting. |
Tango01 | 28 Aug 2019 12:22 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend!. Amicalement Armand
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