A recent DNA analysis reveals that the Griffin Warrior, an important figure of ancient Pylos, most likely grew up where he would later rule.
When Stocker and Davis found the tomb, they also found the body of a man who was probably in his early or mid-thirties when he died. They found his remains alongside an ivory plaque bearing a griffin – a half-lion and half-eagle mythological creature – which led to his nickname.
Yet, curiously, the team found no ceramic objects, something which is “extremely unusual” for such graves, says Davis. “We kept thinking we'd find some nice pots in the corner of his grave and it just never happened,” he continues. “He was so wealthy that all of the vessels were in bronze, silver or gold.”
Despite this lack of ceramic, which would normally aid a more precise dating, the team discovered broken pottery mixed in with the soil used to pack the grave. This helped indicate that the Griffin Warrior was interred sometime around 1500 B.C.Based on the artifacts found in the tomb – comprised of both religious items and weapons of war – the researchers concluded that the Griffin Warrior“He was a warrior, and he had a lot of weapons with him.
The analysis of the site and their findings also concluded that the Griffin Warrior was a precursor ruler to those Mycenaean kings.of over 700 samples, including the Griffin Warrior, helped shed light on this warrior’s ancestry. A suggestion was made that the Griffin Warrior was a conqueror from elsewhere, imposing his rule on the region.
More evidence is needed from other graves buried around the same time as the Griffin Warrior to confirm this, Stocker and Davis say, but currently it is the dominant theory.
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