Mycenaean Greek burials found in Bodrum

During excavations carried out by the Bodrum Underwater Archaeology Museum in the western Turkish town of Bodrum’s Ortakent district, 3,500-year-old graves from the Mycenaean era have been unearthed. 

Artefacts from the Mycenaean era were found in
graves in Bodrum [Credit: Hurriyet]

According to a written statement issued by the Culture and Tourism Ministry, the artefacts unearthed in the graves are very important for the scientific world.

The tombs are believed to belong to the early “Mycenaean Greece III A” era, which was a cultural period of Bronze Age Greece taking its name from the archaeological site of Mycenae in northeastern Argolis, in the Peloponnese of southern Greece.  

Mycenaean Greek rock-cut tombs found in Bodrum [Credit: DHA]

Among the grave goods are baked earth, water bottles, cups with three handles, a carafe, a razor, animal bones and lots of glass and beads of various sizes. 

The necropolis area has been taken under protection. The findings of the excavation may belong to the bronze age and also to the Akha Hellenistic era. 

Source: Hurriyet Daily News [August 02, 2013]