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Ancient Greece
Is the Mother of Alexander the Great in the Tomb at Amphipolis? Part 6: The Mutilation of the Sculpture
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By Andrew Chugg*
I wrote my initial article on this question on the morning of 6th September, a day before the announcement of the discovery of the caryatids, and I wrote a second part on 20th September and a third...
Ancient Greece
Is the Mother of Alexander the Great in the Tomb at Amphipolis? Part 5: The Family of the Occupant
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By Andrew Chugg*
I wrote my initial article on this question on the morning of 6th September, a day before the announcement of the discovery of the caryatids, and I wrote a second part on 20th September and a third...
Ancient Greece
Is the Mother of Alexander the Great in the Tomb at Amphipolis? Part 4: An Explanation of the Mosaic
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By Andrew Chugg*
I wrote my initial article on this question on the morning of 6th September, a day before the announcement of the discovery of the caryatids, and I wrote a second part on 20th September and a third...
Ancient Greece
Is the Mother of Alexander the Great in the Tomb at Amphipolis? Part 3
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By Andrew Chugg*
I wrote my initial article on this question on the morning of 6th September (a day before the announcement of the discovery of the caryatids) and I wrote a second part, dealing with the caryatids and a...
Ancient Greece
Is the Mother of Alexander the Great in the Tomb at Amphipolis? Part 2
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The newly discovered caryatids at the Amphipolis tomb and the symbolism of a lion suits the case of Olympias being buried in this fascinating ancient Greek tomb.
Ancient Greece
Amphipolis Tomb Timeline: What We Know So Far About the Magnificent Ancient Greek Monument
This article gets updated constantly, as new findings of the Alexander the Great-era tomb surface from the Casta hill in Amphipolis, Greece.
The recent archaeological discoveries of Amphipolis have become known across the world. At first, archaeologists wondered whether Alexander the Great was buried...
Archaeology
National Geographic: Who Lies in Ancient Amphipolis Tomb?
“Who's Buried in Largest Tomb in Northern Greece? New Finds Raise Intrigue,” is the title of a National Geographic article on the excavations taking place in Ancient Amphipolis.
“A relative of Alexander the Great may lie in the 2,300-year-old burial site,”...
Archaeology
How Ancient Amphipolis Tomb Looked Like
The magnificent tomb of Amphipolis, Greece, continues to fascinate the entire world. Ever since the first images that came to "light" about a month ago, the monumental burial site was enough to provoke astonishment.
This was only the beginning and it definitely hinted...
Archaeology
Amphipolis: Two Caryatids Guard the Tomb – Amazing New Photos
Two caryatids (sculpted female figures) of exceptional artistic value were unearthed on Saturday during excavations by archaeologists in Ancient Amphipolis Casta tomb, northern Greece. Specialists noted on Sunday that the new discoveries further support the view that the monument is of...
Ancient Greece
Is the Mother of Alexander the Great in the Tomb at Amphipolis?
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By Andrew Chugg
Author of The Quest for the Tomb of Alexander the Great and several academic
papers on Alexander’s tomb says that in the recently discovered Greek tomb might be buried the mother of Alexander the Great.
The recently discovered...