The New York Times
For a team of archaeologists from the University of Cincinnati, frustration was beginning to set in. Working in what seemed like an unpromising excavation site near the infamous Palace of Nestor in the Greek countryside, they had hoped their labor would yield some results. However, after days of digging in the clay…nothing.
Unexpectedly, after digging a further three feet, they noticed a flash of green bronze beneath the soft clay. Could this be the big break they had been hoping for?