Greece: The ancient grave remains a great mystery

04. 01. 2017
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The controversy surrounds the excavations of an ancient tomb located in Greece. The chief archaeologist suggested a possible connection with the family of Alexander the Great.

A geologist who was involved in the excavation of an ancient burial mound in northern Greece in Amphipolis questioned the whole theory by claiming that the ancient tomb was not built at the same time as a number of discovered vaulted rooms, but was added later.

Geologist Evangelos Kambouroglou added that the inner burial mound, in which the rooms and the tomb itself were found, was not created by human hands, as archaeologists originally assumed, but was a hill that is the work of nature itself.

He also spoke of the Lion of Amphipolis, dating from the 4th century BC. It is a huge statue of a lion standing on a pedestal, which is more than 7,6 meters high and would be too heavy to stand on top of the tomb, as archaeologists originally thought.

"The walls (tomb structures) can hardly carry half a ton, not the estimated 1 tons of the Lion Statue," said Kambouroglou.

As for the would-be square grave that contained the remains of five or more bodies, "this is a secondary matter, more important is the burial mound ... the main grave was destroyed by graveyards of graves who left nothing at all," Kambouroglou adds.

"The marble doors bear a sign of heavy wear, which means that many visitors walked in and walked out."

The estimated dating of the vaulted rooms is between 325 BC - two years after the death of the ancient Greek warrior and king, Alexander the Great - and 300 BC, although some archaeologists claim that it is a later dating.

Katerina Peristeri, who is currently the leading archaeologist of the excavations, developed a theory that someone from Alexander's family could be buried in the grave. It could possibly be one of Alexander's generals.

However, the discovery of an angled grave and five bodies casts doubt on this theory, and as it seems, it totally disproves E. Kambouroglou's announcement. Some archaeologists who participated in the statement criticized the absence and methods of K. Peristeri.

Alexander the Great created a vast empire that stretched from present-day Greece to India. He died in Babylon and was buried in the city of Alexandria, which he founded himself. The exact location of his tomb is one of the greatest archaeological mysteries.

His generals fought for the empire for many years. In the wars, they murdered Alexander's mother, widow, son, and half-brother. Mostly it happened near Amphipolis.

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