Archaeologists unearth 3,500-year-old warrior’s grave in Greece

Archaeologists unearthed a 3,500-year-old unlooted grave of a warrior in Peloponnese peninsula in the most impressive discovery of prehistoric funerary wealth in Greece in the past 65 years.

• The excavation led by a team of archaeologists from the University of Cincinnati unearthed about 1,400 artifacts, including gold and silver jewellery, cups, bronze vases, engraved gemstones and an ornate ivory and gilt-hilted sword next to the skeleton of the ancient warrior.

• Scientists believe that the grave and the treasure could shed light to the rise of the Mycenaean civilization and the fall of the Minoans that flourished in Greece 3,000 years ago.
• According to early findings, the warrior was buried at around 1,500 BC and died when he was between 30 and 35-year-old.