March 13, 2005
Mycenaean tomb near Athens to be reburied & overbuilt
An impressive tomb used by a Mycenaean family that ruled parts of eastern Attica over 3,000 years ago is to vanish from sight, 10 years after its discovery, due to the Culture Ministry’s straitened finances.From Kathimerini.According to a decision by the ministry’s Central Archaeological Council late on Wednesday, the large subterranean chamber tomb — which archaeologists describe as unique in Attica — will be reburied to allow development on the plot where it was found, at Glyka Nera, on the eastern fringes of Athens.
Posted by David on March 13, 2005 12:21 PM
Well, which is it? Minoan or Mycenaean? They're not the same thing.
Posted by: C. Schuyler on March 14, 2005 5:53 PM
Post in haste . . . .
Title now corrected.
Posted by: David on March 14, 2005 8:49 PM
It contained Minoan figurine, pottery, gold ornaments, which, I presume, have been stashed away somewhere in some museum and not re-buried.
At first I was inclined to say, "What a shame," but on second thought, if you lived in a country where there's probably buried some historical relic or other remains in every square foot, I guess at some point you'd have to decide what to excavate and remove from economic development and what to re-bury and pave over.
Posted by: Rhubarb on March 14, 2005 8:59 PM
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