By: Marshall Ramsey II
PYLOS, Greece -- A treasure-laden tomb belonging to a Bronze Age Greek warrior may yield more than just treasure. It may yield one of the biggest surprises in history.
A 3,500-year-old grave belonging to a powerful Mycenaean figure (perhaps a king/priest) has been discovered underneath an olive grove in southwest Greece. It was discovered by Jack L. Davis and Sharon R. Stocker, arcaeologists at the University of Cincinnati, who had excavated the site for more than 25 years.
The tomb, undisturbed and intact, a seeming rarity given the age of the tomb, held four solid gold signet rings, a sealstone depicting two warriors clashing over a fallen third, silver cups, an intricately designed sword, and a largely intact skeleton named the Griffin Warrior due to a plaque decorated with a griffin (a mythical beast with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle) buried with him.
Perhaps the most fascinating thing about this discovery is the possibility that this could be the grave of the Greek hero Perseus.
Could this be what Perseus looked like?
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As you may already know, Perseus is said to be the son of Zeus, chief of the Greek gods. He founded the city/kingdom of Mycenae and rescued his future wife Andromeda from being sacrificed by her parents. He is most famous for beheading Medusa, the only "non-immortal" of the Gorgons.
As the legend goes, Perseus is persuaded by King Polydectes to kill Medusa. In exchange, he would not seek to have his mother, Danae, be his wife. This was a ruse by Polydectes to get Perseus killed so that he could marry Danae, daughter of Acrisius and Eurydice, King and Queen of Argos. Unexpectedly, Perseus manages to kill Medusa, bring back her head, and kill Polydectes in the process, thus ensuring that his mother would never have to marry him.
Unbeknownst to most, Perseus was a historical person, albeit some of what we know about him has been corrupted. Even the historian Herodotus in his collection
The Histories, examining the genealogy of Perseus declared him to be real. He even denies Perseus being descended from "Zeus", merely stating that his father was not human. An excerpt from
The Histories details this event and is quoted below:
"But in what I write I follow the Greek report, and hold that the Greeks correctly recount
these kings of the Dorians as far back as Perseus son of Danae—they make no mention
of the god17—and prove these kings to be Greek; for by that time they had come to be
classified as Greeks. [2] I said as far back as Perseus, and I took the matter no further than
that, because no one is named as the mortal father of Perseus, as Amphitryon is named father
of Heracles." Herodotus,
The Histories, book 6, chapter 53
As to the accuracy of Medusa, this is a little harder to pin down but possible nonetheless. Current "wisdom" tells us that the accounts of Perseus and Medusa; Zeus, Hades and Poseidon; Gilgamesh; Atlantis, etc... cannot be taken at face value, that is, they cannot be relied upon for historical information. While many people find it hard to believe in gods and goddesses, heroes, monsters, and such, good information can nonetheless be gotten.
For instance, according to the Phoenician historian Sanchuniathon, the Greeks worshipped Zeus, whose father was Cronus, whom the Phoenicians call Israel. In 2016, a piece of the throne of Agamemnon king of the Mycenaeans was found. And in 2003, it was reported that the grave of Gilgamesh, legendary hero of the Enuma Elish, had been found, exactly where it was stated to have been. As you can see, the old tales passed down to us as fiction can be taken as historically accurate, if you know how to look.
Concerning Medusa, her real name (occasionally a real name can be attributed to a "mythological" figure) was Keren-happuch the daughter of Job, as is the book of Job from the Bible. She was the youngest of Job's second set of daughters just as Medusa was the youngest Gorgon. His first set of daughters, whose real names are unknown at this time, became known as the Graeae, or the Grey sisters. This is due to the fact that they were killed in their eldest brother's house when a great wind caused it to collapse.
As it goes, Perseus snuck into Medusa's/Keren-happuch's lair and cut off her head. He then put her head into a sack and proceeded to take it back to King Polydectes. Among the grave items laid in the Griffin Warrior's/Perseus' tomb is a sword, possibly the very one he used to behead Keren-happuch. An image of the sword is featured below:
Sword used by Perseus to slay Medusa?
Although this claim will certainly be disputed, I think it is safe to say that the grave of Perseus has been found.
For additional information on the life and times of Perseus, please visit the following website:
http://conspiracyprophecyguy.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-historical-life-of-perseus.htmlContributing articles:
http://www.ancientpages.com/2017/11/08/rare-minoan-sealstone-is-a-miniature-masterpiece-unearthed-in-3500-year-old-tomb-of-powerful-mycenaean-warrior/,
https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Mortals/Danae/danae.html,
https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Mortals/Polydectes/polydectes.html,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycenae,
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0016,001:6,
http://www.hope-of-israel.org/familyofodin.html,
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/summer-2016/article/found-the-throne-of-agamemnon,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2982891.stm,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeae,
http://av1611.com/kjbp/kjv-bible-text/Job-1.html
