Word: visigoths
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Dates: during 1935-1935
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Greece, Scene of the famed Eleusinian mysteries of ancient Greece lies 14 miles northwest of Athens. The site was despoiled by Alaric the Visigoth in 396 A. D., and its ruin was probably completed in the following century by order of the emperors of Constantinople. It remained buried until 1882 when the Greek Government began excavations. For the last five years Professor George E. Mylonas of Washington University (St. Louis), backed by Rockefeller funds, has been working on the site with three Greek savants. The great hall of mysteries with its gateways and fortifications was uncovered before he appeared...