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 ...
Inscribed on the tomb is the message, “Here Rests in Honored Glory an American Soldier Known but to God.” The first unknown to be laid to rest was interred On Nov. 11, 1921.