George E. Mylonas
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George Emmanuel Mylonas was a Greek archaeologist of ancient Greece and of Aegean prehistory. He excavated widely, particularly at Olynthus, Eleusis and Mycenae, where he made the first archaeological
Mylonas in 1961
David Moore Robinson, Mylonas's early mentor and lifelong friend, photographed in 1909
Grave Circle B at Mycenae, excavated by Mylonas and Papadimitriou in 1952–1953
The "Eleusis Amphora", discovered by Mylonas in 1954, showing the blinding of Polyphemus
Spyridon Marinatos
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Spyridon Marinatos was a Greek archaeologist who specialised in the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations of the Aegean Bronze Age. He is best known for the excavation of the Minoan site of Akrotiri on T
George E. Mylonas
…appointed to lead the excavation, and himself organized a committee of archaeologists, consisting of Mylonas, Charitonidis, Antonios Keramopoulos and Spyridon Marinatos, to oversee the work. The first season of excavation began on July 3 and continued until October 10, by which point seven tombs had been fully uncovered…
Marinatos at Akrotiri in 1968
The tholos tomb at Voidokilia in Messenia, dubbed the "Tomb of Thrasymedes" by Marinatos
Fresco showing a Minoan town, from the "West House" at Akrotiri, excavated by Marinatos in 1971–1972
Marinatos's grave at Akrotiri