Kasta tomb
Ancient Greece
The Must-See Ancient Greek Site of Amphipolis
The ancient Greek city of Amphipolis, one of Greece's many exceptional archaeological sites, was an Athenian colony founded in 437 BCE on the older Thracian site of Ennea Hodoi (Nine Roads). Situated between the navigable Strymon River and Mount...
Ancient Greece
Greece Partially Opens the Amphipolis Tomb
Greece has partially opened the Kasta Tomb monument of Amphipolis which can be visited by specific groups of people as of Tuesday, nine years after its discovery.
Scientists, researchers, educators, tour operators and people from the local administration of the...
Archaeology
Greek Culture Minister: Kasta Tomb in Amphipolis to Be Open to Public in 3 Years
Talking to reporters during the presentation of a new temporary exhibition on the Emperor Hadrian at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Culture and Sports Minister Lydia Koniordou on Wednesday noted that the Kasta Tomb in Amphipolis will probably...
Archaeology
Amphipolis Turns Into Board Game
The Kasta tomb of Amphipolis has become a board game in which its players are called to rescue the precious findings that are threatened to be destroyed by landfalls within the archaeological monument.
The new board game is entitled "Amphipolis,"...
Archaeology
Greek Culture Min Sec Gen Mendoni: Amphipolis has a Wager to Win
The Greek Culture Ministry is looking for the laboratory and the scientists that will be responsible for the processing of the genetic material found at the Kasta tomb in ancient Amphipolis, Greece, Culture Ministry Secretary General Lina Mendoni told...
Archaeology
Head of Amphipolis Dig: Excavation Conducted at Optimum
"The excavation is conducted in the best scientific way," the head of the archaeological excavation at Kasta Tomb in Amphipolis Katerina Peristeri said on Tuesday responding to recent reports regarding the excavation procedure at Kasta Tomb.
According to a Culture...
Ancient Greece
Amphipolis Tomb: All Circus, No Bread at Greece's Newly Found "Archaeological Disneyland"
It was Christmas of 1977 when Greek archaeologist Manolis Andronikos announced the discovery of the royal tomb of King Philip of Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great in Vergina. Inside the tomb that no modern man had stepped foot before,...