Archaeologists Find One Of The
'Finest Works Of Prehistoric Greek Art Ever' In Griffin Warrior's Tomb, By Tom
Hale (text in english)
For several years, archaeologists
have been rooting around the 3,500-year-old tomb of a Bronze Age warrior they
call the "Griffin Warrior.” Within this ancient tomb, they have previously
unearthed the warrior’s skeleton and an array of jewelry. Now, the University
of Cincinnati has revealed what they call “his most stunning historical
offering yet.”
Researchers working at the site in
southwest Greece have discovered a beautifully carved gem, they describe as
“one of the finest works of prehistoric Greek art ever discovered.”
The gem is a seal stone called
“Pylos Combat Agate.” Carvings on the stone depict a story reminiscent of an
epic Greek poem, with vanquished foe laying defeated as a victorious warrior
lifts his sword to deliver the fatal blow. Historians studying the find believe
it almost certainly depicts a legendary story well-known to the ancient Minoan
and Mycenaean culture. The cookie-sized seal stone has been caked in limestone
over the millennia, so the researchers had to use a powerful camera lens and
photomicroscopy to reveal its former beauty.
An artist's impression of the full scene.
University of Cincinnati
Their
efforts, it seems, were well worth it:
"Looking at the image for the
first time was a very moving experience, and it still is. It's brought some
people to tears," Shari Stocker, a senior research associate in UC's
Department of Classics, said in a statement.
“Some of the details on this are
only a half-millimeter big,” added researcher Jack Davis. “They’re
incomprehensibly small.”
This clear view of the stone was
only made possible through photomicroscopy imaging techniques. University of Cincinnati
The Griffin Warrior’s burial site
was discovered near the Palace Of Nestor, a Mycenaean Greek palace located
between the city of Pylos and the ancient polis of Khôra. His nickname comes
from an ivory plaque adorned with the mythical beast found resting in his
grave. Thanks to the relatively good condition of his skeleton, anthropologists
and anatomical science experts were even able to digitally reconstruct what
this prestigious warrior looked like.
“It seems that the Minoans were
producing art of the sort that no one ever imagined they were capable of
producing,” explained Davis. “It shows that their ability and interest in
representational art, particularly movement and human anatomy, is beyond what
it was imagined to be. Combined with the stylized features, that itself is just
extraordinary.”
"What is fascinating is that
the representation of the human body is at a level of detail and musculature
that one doesn't find again until the classical period of Greek art 1,000 years
later," he added. "It's a spectacular find."
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