Finding the Seal
Clip: 8/28/2024 | 2m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
The 1992 excavation of the tomb Makis Metaxas found gives up an incredible piece of evidence.
The 1992 excavation of the tomb Makis Metaxas found on Kefalonia gives up an incredible piece of evidence. At the lowest level of a series of graves, Greek archeologist Lazaros Kolonas finds gold jewelry and a royal seal made of fine rock crystal. The image carved on it – a dog attacking a fawn – is uncannily similar to Homer’s description of Odysseus’ royal symbol.
Finding the Seal
Clip: 8/28/2024 | 2m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
The 1992 excavation of the tomb Makis Metaxas found on Kefalonia gives up an incredible piece of evidence. At the lowest level of a series of graves, Greek archeologist Lazaros Kolonas finds gold jewelry and a royal seal made of fine rock crystal. The image carved on it – a dog attacking a fawn – is uncannily similar to Homer’s description of Odysseus’ royal symbol.
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There is a skull and bones.
This tomb had been robbed after the Mycenaean world collapsed.
Because everybody knew that there was gold inside those graves.
The bones of the last king that was buried there was still there.
And they had never lifted these bones.
But under these bones they found some important findings.
Bull horns and a little double ax.
When you find these symbols that were used by Mycenaean kings, that's ... yeah.
You can only hope for that, but you don't really think that will ever happen.
But there it was!
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In 1992, the discovery of a tomb leads to claims that the body buried there is King Odysseus. (1m 37s)
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Ismini Milliaresis describes the archeological dig that took place on her family's land on Kefalonia (2m 25s)
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Makis Metaxas believes Odysseus' kingdom was in his hometown on the island of Kefalonia. (2m 37s)
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An ancient tomb might prove that the hero of Homer’s Odyssey really existed. (30s)
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Homer calls Odysseus “King of the Ithacans.” But there are no Mycenaean ruins on modern-day Ithaki. (1m 55s)
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