The Pylos Combat Agate, found in the Griffin Warrior’s grave, is an extraordinarily fine seal stone measuring only 1.4 inches wide. It depicts the final moments of a battle among three warriors.( ...

Digging near Pylos, Sharon Stocker and Jack Davis, both researchers at the University of Cincinnati, led a team that uncovered a 3,500-year-old undisturbed tomb filled with an enormous array of ...

University of Cincinnati/Pylos Excavations Every archaeologist ... The entombed skeleton even has a nickname—the "Griffin Warrior"—in reference to an ivory plaque inscribed with a griffin ...

The palace at Pylos had a king or “wanax,” a title mentioned in the Linear B tablets, but it’s not known if this position existed in the griffin warrior’s society. Ancient Greek graves can ...