An announcement on June 9 from the Greek Ministry of Culture cites the discovery of a rare underground spring cistern dating to the 14th–13th centuries BCE, during the Mycenaean palatial period. Credit: Greek Ministry of CultureWhile archeologists still can’t definitively point to Odysseus’ existence, additional discoveries in the form of two late Hellenistic inscriptions illustrate the mythological figure’s importance, which eventually contributed to his local veneration. possessive or attributive) case of Odysseus which suggests a writer referring to the location as the hero’s palace or temple. Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture“The complex is characterized by robust structures on terraces, incorporating impressive elements of carved architecture, as well as niches for votive offerings or inscriptions, which testify to the intensive cultic use,” explained the Greek Ministry of Culture. The famous ruins’ previously oldest artifacts dated back to the Bronze Age Mycenaean period around the 14th and 13th centuries BCE.