The Archaeological Museum of Messinia will host important findings from the Mycenean culture in SW Greece – including the astonishing findings of the so-called Griffin Warrior Tomb in the Pylos area – from Saturday, February 14, to April 27, 2025, ANA reports.
The temporary exhibition will be inaugurated at the museum in Kalamata on Friday evening by Culture Minister Lina Mendoni, the minister and other officials said during a press conference on Wednesday. It will open to the public the following day.
“Princes of Pylos: Treasures of the Bronze Age from Messinia” highlights the Mycenaean cultural identity as it became formulated at the end of the Middle Helladic and the start of the Late Helladic era and as it flourished at the end of the 13th century when almost all of Messinia was controlled by the Kingdom of Pylos, based at the Palace of Nestor.
The exhibition pieces include findings of the Griffin Warrior Tomb found in 2015 (including the skeleton of a male and hundreds of objects buried with him), as well as more recent findings from Tholos tombs VI and VII in Englianos, the Tholos tomb in Psari, the finely decorated crown from Myrsinochori, and other objects from older excavations.
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