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Greek Warrior’s Grave
« on: Tuesday, 04 October, 2016 @ 19:48:32 »
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In Greek Warrior’s Grave, Rings of Power (and a Mirror and Combs)

A trove of beautifully engraved gold rings and gemstones, found in the untouched grave of an ancient Greek warrior last year, were possessions from his culture, not loot from the nearby island of Crete, archaeologists now believe.

The gold rings, they say, were rings of power. These items served as insignia of the elite who ruled the local inhabitants of Pylos, the town on the southwestern coast of Greece where the warrior’s grave was found.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/science/greece-archaeology-pylos-griffin-warrior.html?_r=0