Thursday, December 19, 2019

King Nestor of Pylos (or a relation)

The Univ of Cinncinati is excavating a tomb near Pylos, the town of King Nestor of Iliad and Argonaut fame.

this one is getting a lot of publicity because they found treasure there.



The photos are really wonderful: for example, here is a facial reconstruction of one of the "Griffin Warrior" buried there:


not quite as cute as Brad Pitt, but nearly as cute.



Headsup FR's GGG forum.

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