A strange
statement was made yesterday by Mrs. Katerina Peristeri “in about a month we finish”. Did she mean that excavations at Amphipolis
would be stopped for the season or does she expect to round up the excavations
in a month?
Once again
speculations about the possible occupants are listed in this article by Newsbomb.gr.
Why are they rubbing in all these theories time and again, I don’t understand.
Anyway, just to be complete, here follows the list of the possible names:
- Megas Alexandros himself
- Roxane
- Alexander IV, the son of Alexander the Great
- Olympias,
the mother of Alexander the Great
- Cleopatra,
the sister of Alexander the Great
- Cassander,
son of Antipater, who murdered Olympias, Roxane, and Alexander IV
- Nearchus or Laomedon or Androstenes, all generals of Alexander the Great
- Antigonus Monophthalmus, general of Alexander the Great and one of the Diadochi
- Hephaistion, a childhood friend and general of Alexander the Great who died in
- Heracles,
the illegitimate son of Alexander the Great, and Barsine, his mistress
- Polyandrion
- Polyperchon, general of Alexander the Great
- Philip-Arrhidaeus, half-brother of Alexander the Great
- Philip II,
Alexander’s father as many still doubt that he was buried in the tumulus
of Aegae
I am not
going to comment on any of these suggestions – that have been amply discussed
in earlier articles. For those who still want to read more on this argumentation,
please click on this link for Newsbomb.gr.
The least I
can say is that they covered every possible candidate, except maybe Queen Eurydice who married Philip-Arrhidaeus. Why has she been left
out?
[Picture from Newsbomb.gr]
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ReplyDeleteI do not understand this. Can you explain what he means to point out?
DeleteEmpedotimos uses the tomography to demonstrate that the linéarity of the succession of chambers joins in a visible structure of vacua. Letters correspond to these spaces. It is a pity that nobody thought of translating these excellent rates ( my Greek isn't as good enough to do this: maybe someone else?) . This man is very curious and acute.
ReplyDeleteI agree, there must be somebody out there whose knowledge of Greek and English is good enough to make a decent translation. Let's hope ...
DeleteEmpedotimos was right! : http://en.protothema.gr/amphipolis-3rd-chambers-depth-is-unfathomable/
ReplyDeleteI'm still puzzled. How wide is this fourth chamber? Is it a mere corridor (behind a 96cm wide doorway) or does it follow the width of the previous chambers? If it is a corridor, this may indicate indeed that they'll have to dig to the very center of the mound.
ReplyDeleteYes they will. The width of the Third chamber is very important. They say seven meters deep. So the corridor and the next chambers could have the shape of a circular and concentric structure or the one of the kind of a Boustrophedon.
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