At last we
are receiving a clear picture of the tomb entrance now that the blocks of the surrounding
wall have been removed. We are rewarded with a good view of the portico above
which the two sphinxes are keeping watch.
It turns
out to be a quite unusual example of a Macedonian tomb from the last quarter of
the fourth century BC as nothing suggests the presence of any door panels filling
the 1.67 meter
wide portico.
More soil
has been removed from the corridor, revealing walls lined with imitation marble
slabs of extraordinary quality. The architrave above is decorated with rosettes.
Archaeologists
expect to hit a second doorway soon.
[Pictures released by the Greek Ministry of Culture and
Sport]