AMPHIPOLIS 2017
Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2017 10:41 am
Hi all
For those of you who still remember Amphipolis... the greatest tumulus to have ever been discovered in Greece...
Just a notification,the excavation operations have been funded with the ammount of 1.5 million euros, mostly for weight supporting and restoration works, as well as preservation processes. Those last ones are extremely important as they will help with the further unravelling of the frieze which was dedicated to the deceased. The best part of it all is that the monument will be open to the public the latest until 2020.
I had the recent opportunity to speak with the excavation's architect, mr. M. Lefantzis, who is currently occupied, among other things, with the challenging task of accurately depicting the frieze on paper. In an earlier post I had noted that the construction visible on the frieze is a siege tower and I was pleased to find out that mr. M. Lefantzis seemed to agree with me on that one. There are many scenes where the 2 (?) deceased warrior individuals are being held as gods, while on the ground (?) red military himatia lie as well as weapons. But all this will become clearer as the restoration proceeds.
These days, a conference cocerning the excavations in Macedonia was held in Thessaloniki where news about Amphipolis surfaced. Among all this, I am sending you a photo which was taken with ultraviolet light which unravels yet another scene with warriors on the backgorund of a sculture which itself is believed to have been a decoration on the base of the huge lion scultputre on the top of the tumulus. I am also sending to you another ultraviolet light photo that was taken from "Alexander's sarcofagus", where a scene of worshiping (?) can bee seen behind the soldier's arm.
Here are the photos
Best regards to all
For those of you who still remember Amphipolis... the greatest tumulus to have ever been discovered in Greece...
Just a notification,the excavation operations have been funded with the ammount of 1.5 million euros, mostly for weight supporting and restoration works, as well as preservation processes. Those last ones are extremely important as they will help with the further unravelling of the frieze which was dedicated to the deceased. The best part of it all is that the monument will be open to the public the latest until 2020.
I had the recent opportunity to speak with the excavation's architect, mr. M. Lefantzis, who is currently occupied, among other things, with the challenging task of accurately depicting the frieze on paper. In an earlier post I had noted that the construction visible on the frieze is a siege tower and I was pleased to find out that mr. M. Lefantzis seemed to agree with me on that one. There are many scenes where the 2 (?) deceased warrior individuals are being held as gods, while on the ground (?) red military himatia lie as well as weapons. But all this will become clearer as the restoration proceeds.
These days, a conference cocerning the excavations in Macedonia was held in Thessaloniki where news about Amphipolis surfaced. Among all this, I am sending you a photo which was taken with ultraviolet light which unravels yet another scene with warriors on the backgorund of a sculture which itself is believed to have been a decoration on the base of the huge lion scultputre on the top of the tumulus. I am also sending to you another ultraviolet light photo that was taken from "Alexander's sarcofagus", where a scene of worshiping (?) can bee seen behind the soldier's arm.
Here are the photos
Best regards to all