Palace of Nestor
Palacio de Néstor
- Date
- 1939 · confidence high
- Place
- Pylos, Messenia, Greece
- Credited to
- Carl Blegen
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
A two-storey Mycenaean palace excavated by Carl Blegen on the Epano Englianos hill, identified with King Nestor's "sandy Pylos" from the Odyssey and the Iliad.
What it led to
- Discovery of nearly a thousand Linear B tablets
- Better understanding of Mycenaean palace administration
- Best-preserved known Mycenaean site
- Museum and protective roof opened to the public in 2016