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Today's featured article George E. Mylonas (1898–1988) was a Greek archaeologist of ancient Greece and of Aegean prehistory. He excavated widely, particularly at Olynthus, Eleusis and Mycenae, where he made the first archaeological study and publication of Grave Circle B, the earliest known monumentalized burials at the site. Mylonas was born in Smyrna, then part of the Ottoman Empire, and received an elite education. In 1924, he began working for the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. He took part in excavations at Corinth, Nemea and Olynthus under its auspices. He studied and taught at universities in Greece and the United States. He was prominent in the Archaeological Society of Athens and in efforts to conserve the monuments of the Acropolis of Athens. He had co-responsibility for the excavation of Mycenae's Grave Circle B in the early 1950s, and from 1957 until 1985 he excavated on the citadel of the site. His excavations at Mycenae have been credited with bringing coherence to the site. (Full article...) Recently featured: Palo (religion) 1984–85 Gillingham F.C. season A Very Trainor Christmas On this day... December 28 Depiction of Alaric II 484 – Alaric II (depicted) succeeded his father Euric as King of the Visigoths. 1916 – Up to 1,000 lumber workers initiated a labor strike against the Virginia and Rainy Lake Lumber Company in Minnesota, United States, which lasted over a month. 1964 – Vietnam War: Viet Cong regiments penetrated the eastern perimeters of the village of Bình Giã, beginning the Battle of Binh Gia. 2009 – Tibetan dissident filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen was imprisoned for subversion by Chinese authorities after a secret trial. 2014 – The passenger ferry Norman Atlantic caught fire in the Adriatic Sea, killing an estimated 28 people. Antoine Furetière (b. 1619) Arthur Hunter Palmer (b. 1819) Barbara Judge (b. 1946) Susan Sontag (d. 2004) More anniversaries: December 27 December 28 December 29

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