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Discovery of a Tomb

Season 1 Episode 1 | 1m 37s

Is King Odysseus, the Trojan-horse-building genius in Homer鈥檚 epic poem The Iliad, merely a figure of ancient fiction 鈥 or was he a flesh-and-blood man? In 1991, Makis Metaxas, a local politician on the Greek island of Kefalonia, discovers a 3000-year-old Mycenaean tomb. However, the discovery is soon embroiled in controversy, and Makis embarks on his own odyssey to convince the world he is right.

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An ancient tomb might prove that the hero of Homer鈥檚 Odyssey Odyssey really existed.
An ancient tomb might prove that the hero of Homer鈥檚 Odyssey really existed.
Makis Metaxas believes Odysseus' kingdom was in his hometown on the island of Kefalonia.
The 1992 excavation of the tomb Makis Metaxas found gives up an incredible piece of evidence.
Homer calls Odysseus 鈥淜ing of the Ithacans.鈥 But there are no Mycenaean ruins on modern-day Ithaki.
Ismini Milliaresis describes the archeological dig that took place on her family's land on Kefalonia