Georgios E. Mylonas
Greek archaeologist (1898-1988) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 89
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 study and publication of Grave Circle B, the earliest known monumentalized burials at the site.
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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
Mylonas's tomb at Mykines
The ruins at Eleusis of the building identified by Mylonas as the Telesterion, the focal centre of the Eleusinian MysteriesAwards
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United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1898 to 1988 · aged 89
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