Original drawings of Greek ruins found

Original drawings of Greek ruins found

NARA, Japan - Original drawings for an excavation report of German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann's excavation of the Tiryns ruins in Greece, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in the 19th century are shown at Tenri University Sankokan Museum in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 26, 2014. His own handwriting was detected among them.

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