Neolithic town found outside Greek cave

The remains of the ancient town of Ksagounaki have been unearthed outside the entrance of Greece’s Alepotrypa Cave.

The Field Museum’s Dr. William Parkinson explains that perhaps the most surprising discovery was a Mycenaean-period burial structure, filled with the disarticulated bones of dozens of individuals accompanied by Late Bronze Age painted pottery, exotic stone beads, ivory, and a Mycenaean dagger made of bronze. Parkinson and his team have suggested that the megalithic buildings at Ksagounaki, constructed during the Neolithic Age, may have attracted the attention of Mycenaeans over 2,000 years after they were abandoned.

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Story: The Field Museum | Photo: Greek Reporter