Soon, the vehicle arrived at a small village that is still called Mycenae. After getting out of the car to buy a drink and having a chat with the villagers, Leonard brought back a palm-sized pottery shard.
If put on an antique fair, this seemingly very crude pottery shard would be worthless, but this shard, which the villagers claimed to have dug from the hill, indicates the true age of these ruins.
Similar to the pottery that Leonard had found on Crete Island before, this crude-looking shard comes from the ancient Mycenaen civilization we often speak of, which dates back 1000 years before ancient Greece.
Since this excavation was being conducted through official channels, they were accompanied by a member of the Greek Archaeological Department.
In addition to supervising the excavation work of Leonard and his team, the most important task of this archaeological staff member was to assist in contacting the locals and recruiting the manpower they needed.
