The Palace of Nestar was discovered by American archaeologist Carl Blegen starting in 1939 at the University of Cincinnati. His excavations continued until interrupted by World War II before resuming in 1952 under his direction through 1966.
In 2015 Sharon Stocker and Jack L. Davis led an excavation team that unearthed what they called the Griffin Warrior tomb near Tholos Tomb IV. The burial contained armor weapons mirror jewelry including gold signet rings showing exceptional craftsmanship.
Edward Codrington Henri de Rigny Lodewijk van Heiden commanded respective national contingents during the battle where the combined fleet destroyed around sixty Turkish Egyptian warships completely eliminating opposition at sea.
Pylos was definitively liberated from Ottoman-Egyptian troops led by Ibrahim Pasha on October sixth 1828 thanks entirely to Marshal Nicolas-Joseph Maison commanding fifteen thousand men sent by King Charles X of France between years eighteen-twenty-eight and thirty-three implementing Treaty London agreements guaranteeing Greek sovereignty rights.
According census twenty-twenty-one municipality deme Pylos-Nestor contains seventeen thousand one hundred ninety-four inhabitants municipal unit population four thousand five hundred fifty nine community numbers two thousand five hundred sixty eight ranking seventh most populous city Messenia after capital Kalamata fifth-nine-eighths six-three-five seven-sixty three Filiatra forty-seven-two-four Gargalianoi forty-seven-two-four Chora two-thousand-six-zero-nine year populations fluctuated slightly over decades ranging from nineteen-eleven to current figures reflecting broader trends affecting rural communities throughout Greece.