06.03.2016
Во время недавних раскопок недалеко от Агиос-Николаоса (Крит)archaeologists have made a valuable discovery. They discovered ancient theatrical mask of clay, which for centuries was hidden from humanity in the grave of a boy allegedly 11-year-old age Vases and animal figures were found near the mask.
The find dates from the late Hellenistic period. Mask was found intact, which in itself is rare for artifacts so respectable age. Archaeologists have been unanimous in their conclusions: the boy was not an actor. Such cult symbols in Crete’s funerary tradition had a definite meaning and was not at all were a theatrical attribute. Mask as a symbol of a new role – already not earthly, but heavenly — parents put the grave of a teenager.
An area in which a long time has been found Cluster of ancient graves, not yet fully understood. At this moment only four burials are fully open. On a par with the tombs of the Hellenistic period were able to detect several burials of the Roman period. Excavations in the mouth of the river Hieropotamos, which served as a source of water supply developed The city of Festus is an important center of the Minoan civilization.
