[HN Gopher] The Griffin Warrior: A Staggering Discovery from Anc...
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       The Griffin Warrior: A Staggering Discovery from Ancient Greece
        
       Author : bryanrasmussen
       Score  : 54 points
       Date   : 2021-11-26 16:58 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | inglor_cz wrote:
       | We are very much aware of the collapse of the Western Roman
       | Empire, but the knowledge of the Late Bronze Age collapse is much
       | more fragmented, even though the repercussions were very similar.
       | 
       | Who knows how contemporary world might look like if the Bronze
       | Age civilizations just kept on developing.
        
         | gilleain wrote:
         | I have been watching a youtube series on the collapse of
         | civilisations :
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         | https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCT6Y5JJPKe_JDMivpKgVXew
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         | episode 2 is about the Bronze Age Collapse and the interesting
         | thing for me is how little is known about it.
         | 
         | There are many theories, but ultimately we do not know why
         | these waves of migrations caused the destruction of major,
         | ancient empires. A volcano erupting in Iceland is one
         | possibility, leading to famine and a domino effect of migration
         | and collapse.
         | 
         | It seems almost like a World War before there could be such a
         | thing, with the civilisations involved not robust enough to
         | survive such a conflict.
        
       | GavinMcG wrote:
       | Better-written sources:
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       | Smithsonian Magazine (start at "Within a few years of the
       | warrior's burial" for the Minoan-Mycenaean link):
       | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/golden-warrior-greek-...
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       | Archaeology.org:
       | https://www.archaeology.org/issues/352-1909/features/7900-gr...
        
       | Bayart wrote:
       | I've been mildly obsessed by this engraving ever since its
       | discovery. It's stupendously beautiful and incredibly dynamic. In
       | comparison, much posterior Archaic Greek art that is imitative of
       | Egyptian sculpture is stiff and simple.
       | 
       | The implications about its craftsmanship make the Bronze Age
       | collapse seem even more dramatic.
        
         | credit_guy wrote:
         | This is an impressive seal, but not really such an outlier
         | compared to the prior finds. Here's the wikipedia page [1] on
         | Minoan seals.
         | 
         | And here's a blogpost [2] about Minoan seals from 2015, before
         | this particular seal was found. It gives some details about the
         | technology used to create them, in particular, yes, those guys
         | had lenses and lathes.
         | 
         | [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_seals
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         | [2] http://antiquatedantiquarian.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-
         | minoan...
        
       | xhevahir wrote:
       | I can't believe that's real art from before the Greek dark ages.
        
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