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Thank you very much Efstathios.
Pauline





About the role of Amphipolis in the past: Last will of Alexander ,building a temple in Amphipolis ( among other cities like Ilion etc). Diodorus.( if true )
Why Amphipolis ? Why this choise ? I wonder.

Thank you, Callisto, I could not get a link to the article only live journal; still does not look Roman to me, the damage does look seismic though, time for caution with a capital C; still no clear evidence but let's hope they do not risk life, limb and, site due to public pressure. Pauline, please...

http://www.lifo.gr and http://en.protothema.gr for english. The third chamber. Red marble.Damage of the ceiling- need propping.




Silence.Σιωπή.Giorghos Despinis died.

I am a bit confused. The original reports suggested that there were 3 chambers, which I took to mean that there were 3 burial chambers. However, the latest press reports seem to be refering to what is beyond the lintel as chamber 3 ie the space between the sphinxes and the caryatids is chamber 1 an...

http://en.protothema.gr. Third chamber. Behind the Καρυάτιδες. The third wall.Entry

This Caryatid seems to be more archaic (or better archaistic) than the ones on Athenian Acropolis. Isn't it? Yes indeed, they are archaistic, and- entre nous- not so "beautiful" they seem...i don't know...provincial and " massive" . Reminder:All this decoration paintings , sculp...

Perhaps this is just a rumor , but the latest -unofficial news - indicated that two epigraphs have been found in the tomb today. Also it is important to know , that in the last 12 hours , the security around the tomb has been increased. 15.30 Alas the news are proven wrong.Found only marble part of ...

It could be Nearchos but there are the rodakes that refer to a royal tomb, and the size of it. I do not think that the rossetes are a sign of royal tombs- they tend to be a very common decorative element in ancient greek art. As far as the tomb's size is concerned, the only thing can say is that af...

It is clear that the caryatids on the throne are not exactly the same as the caryatids in the Amphipolis tomb, but they are nevertheless caryatids: Diana King referred to those on the throne as caryatids in a post about the sphinxes on the throne before the caryatids at Amphipolis had been found an...

Yes miniature sized.

Here is a relevant article in English: http://en.protothema.gr/amazing-new-findings-in-amphipolis-two-caryatids-adorned-the-tomb/ The combination of Caryatids and sphinxes reminds me of the Siphnian treasury at Delphi. Latsis Foundation , Museum of Delphi, p. 333 ( for the basket on the head, plus ...

There is a video here from the earlier visit of the greek prime minister at the Amphipolis tomb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTpV5_vBd9c It is interesting because in news you could hear mostly the statements from the PM, while here its mostly the bits where the lead of the excavation is speakin...

gepd wrote:Is the part of the wall missing here http://www.yppo.gr/2/g2001.jsp?mult_id=14749 due to a collapse? Or could it be from looters?

Alas this is the typical hole of the looters .Always a small one-pressing business.The question is what they left.

This is part of the second ' midriff' wall ( marble) Behind it , there are two rooms ( 2 rooms = 2 people ? )
Best
Pauline