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Top image: Facial Reconstruction of the so-called ‘Griffin Warrior.’ Source: Tornosnews

A rich grave, and a face drawn from a skull

Peloponnese, Greece. Monsters and heroes. Debated. Free

The page does not show that Griffin Warrior was his real name.

Debated. The grave is real, but that name comes from a carved plaque, not from a proved name.

Near the Palace of Nestor, on the Peloponnese in Greece, a man of about 30 to 35 was buried in a shaft grave in the Bronze Age. The page does not give a numbered year. The grave held a sword, a dagger, gold rings, cups, and other fine objects. An ivory plaque carved with a griffin gave the burial its nickname. Researchers used his skull, and a stamp from the grave, to make a picture of a face with long black hair.

The page says no one is sure whether Minoans or Mycenaeans buried him.

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