Old Maps, Expeditions and Explorations: Rare Unlooted Grave of Wealthy Warrior Uncovered in Greece

Thursday, August 11, 2016

Rare Unlooted Grave of Wealthy Warrior Uncovered in Greece

Rare Unlooted Grave of Wealthy Warrior Uncovered in Greece
The text message from the trench supervisor to archaeologists Jack Davis and Sharon Stocker was succinct: "Better come. Hit bronze." The excavators exploring a small stone shaft on a rocky promontory in southern Greece had found an unusual tomb of an ancient warrior.

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Abkhazia

My favourite is the story of 19th century 'negotiations' between an up-coming Russia and a declining Ottoman Turkey in which Russia demanded the cession by Ottoman -Turkey of the province of Abkhazia. The Turkish delegates who had been summoned to the Czar's palace had little idea of their empire, where Abkhazia was or how big a loss it would represent to Ottoman Turkey. It's actually 8,600 sq kilometers, or 40% of a Wales for those who prefer more traditional area measurements. However there was a map of Abkhazia hanging on the Czar's palace walls, alongside a similarly-sized map of the palace gardens - no scale to either map, although the latter was probably at a somewhat larger scale. Based on these 2 maps the Ottoman delegation concluded they were ceding an insignificant piece of territory.- Dr Hillary Shaw