Road maintenance workers building a highway near Agrinio found a rectangular tomb dating back to the Mycenaean civilization.
A 1.5-meter (4.5-foot) long sarcophagus with human remains and various precious objects, including a golden kylix (a sort of drinking cup used in ancient Greece), two earthenware vessels and a bronze tripod were discovered inside.
Among other things, a 40-centimeter (16-inch) bronze dagger and an 88-centimeter (35-inch) bronze sword were also excavated.
Greece's Mycenaean culture dates back to circa 1,600 to 1,100 B.C. The name originates from the site in Mycenae, in the Peloponnese, celebrated by Homer as the seat of King Agamemnon, who led the Greeks in the Trojan War.
In modern archaeology, the site first gained renown through Heinrich Schliemann's excavations in the mid-1870s.