The Griffin Warrior’s grave is a rare undisturbed exception, and Stocker is still amazed at the team’s luck. Not only had the grave escaped the tomb robbers’ notice, if it had been situated ...

UC senior research associate Sharon Stocker supervises the excavation of the tomb of the Griffin Warrior at Pylos, Greece. A new ancient DNA analysis revealed the warrior was from the area that he ...

The tombs had collapsed, which protected the contents from thieves In 2015 archaeologists at nearby Pylos found the grave of a high-status man whom they dubbed the Griffin Warrior after engravings ...