Remarkable antiquities from a radiant Greek civilization are presented in the exhibition “Pylos of Nestor: A Mycenaean Kingdom Revealed”, which opens on Monday, at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.

Unique artefacts such as the agate sealstone from the unlooted shaft grave of the Griffin Warrior on the hill of Englianos in Pylos – considered one of the most important artistic masterpieces of Aegean prehistory – the only known crown from the Mycenaean world and among the oldest in the world, discovered at Myrsinochori/Routsi in Messinia, as well as the “Tablet of the Tripods”, which confirmed Michael Ventris’ decipherment of the Linear B script, are just some of the exhibits featured in the temporary exhibition, which will run until the end of October.

The exhibition was previously hosted at the Archaeological Museum of Messinia (February-May 2025) and the J. Paul Getty Museum (June 2025-January 2026). The “Pylos of Nestor: A Mycenaean Kingdom Revealed” at the National Archaeological Museum is not merely the final stop in a journey aimed at showcasing the Mycenaean cultural identity of Messinia. Through a new curatorial approach and enriched narrative perspectives, developed in dialogue with the two preceding exhibitions, it places particular emphasis on archaeological research itself.

“Our primary objective is not only to display the findings, but also to connect them with the excavation work behind them. We want to bring the public closer to the archaeological work carried out after the excavation and to link the artefacts with the people who discovered them. In this sense, the exhibition can also be ‘read’ as an excavation diary,” Konstantinos Nikolentzos, Deputy Director General of the National Archaeological Museum, told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA).