Greek Farmer Discovers 3,400 Year-Old Tomb Beneath His Olive Grove
By George Dvorsky on 02 Sep 2018 at 12:00PM
As reported in Cretapost, the unnamed farmer was trying to park his vehicle under the shade of an olive tree when the ground beneath him began to sink. After pulling away, the farmer noticed that a hole, measuring about four feet wide (1.2 meters), had suddenly appeared. As he gazed into the void from above, he quickly realised he had stumbled upon something important.
The farmer contacted the Lassithi Ephorate of Antiquities — the local heritage ministry — which sent archaeologists to investigate. The farmer, as it turns out, had stumbled upon a Late Minoan era tomb containing a pair of coffins, each containing a single skeleton. Two dozen pots with coloured ornaments were also found inside the tomb, according to the ministry. The hole in the olive grove had opened up on account of a broken irrigation tube, which made the soil soft.
http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2018/09/greek-farmer-discovers-3400-year-old-tomb-beneath-his-olive-grove/
