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Thursday 27 August 2015

Greek Archaeologists Unearth A 'Lost Palace' Near Sparta


A previously unknown 10-room Mycenaean palace, has been unearthed at Ayios Vassileios, 10 miles from Sparta, is filled with ancient cultic objects and clay tablets written in a lost script.  Artefacts include bronze swords, ornate murals, a cultic cup with bulls head and other religious objects.

Evidence shows that the palace was burnt to the ground in 15th or early 14th century B.C.

According to Cambridge University’s Torsten Meissner, this is a highly significant find.

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