Alexandria's founded by Alexander

Alexandria's founded by Alexander the Great (by year BC): 334 Alexandria in Troia (Turkey) - 333 Alexandria at Issus/Alexandrette (Iskenderun, Turkey) - 332 Alexandria of Caria/by the Latmos (Alinda, Turkey) - 331 Alexandria Mygdoniae - 331 Alexandria (Egypt) - 330 Alexandria Ariana (Herat, Afghanistan) - 330 Alexandria of the Prophthasia/in Dragiana/Phrada (Farah, Afghanistan) - 330 Alexandria in Arachosia (Kandahar, Afghanistan) - 330 Alexandria in the Caucasus (Begram, Afghanistan) - 329 Alexandria of the Paropanisades (Ghazni, Afghanistan) - 329 Alexandria Eschate or Ultima (Khodjend, Tajikistan) - 329 Alexandria on the Oxus (Termez, Afghanistan) - 328 Alexandria in Margiana (Merv, Turkmenistan) - 326 Alexandria Nicaea (on the Hydaspes, India) - 326 Alexandria Bucephala (on the Hydaspes, India) - 325 Alexandria Sogdia - 325 Alexandria Oreitide - 325 Alexandria in Opiene / Alexandria on the Indus (confluence of Indus & Acesines, India) - 325 Alexandria Rambacia (Bela, Pakistan) - 325 Alexandria Xylinepolis (Patala, India) - 325 Alexandria in Carminia (Gulashkird, Iran) - 324 Alexandria-on-the-Tigris/Antiochia-in-Susiana/Charax (Spasinou Charax on the Tigris, Iraq) - ?Alexandria of Carmahle? (Kahnu)

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Pictures say more than words – also at Kasta Hill /Amphipolis

The newly released section drawing of the tomb elements discovered so far at Kasta HillAmphipolis is putting the lay-out in a clearer perspective, I think.


From an article published in the Archaeology News Network, it seems that the narrow door (96cm wide) in the third chamber is off-centered and shifts to the left, hence the assumption that this door is leading to a staircase on a lower level. My personal opinion is that it may open into a narrow corridor to the next chamber as I don’t see how such a narrow opening could open into the main chamber.

As to the hole in the upper right corner of the fourth wall, Mrs. Katerina Peristeri is convinced that those stones were not manually removed but were probably dislodged by an earthquake. This is the main reason why she believes that the tomb has not been looted. 

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