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)

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Missing head of the Amphipolis (Kasta Hill) sphinx is now found!

If you ask me, it’s a strange place to find the missing head of one of the sphinxes guarding the entrance to the Kasta Hill's tomb: inside the third chamber!


No explanation is put forward to explain why this head is discovered 15 cm from the threshold of the third chamber, together with fragments of its wings. Your guess is as good as mine …

However, the head that closely resembles the head of the caryatids, is intact with a minimal scratch on the nose. It belongs to the sphinx on the eastern side of the entrance and is 60 cm high. The marble shows traces of red in the curly hair that is tied together with a white stripe. 

The third chamber measures 4.5 x 6 meters and the archaeologists hope to clear the entire room very soon. We are still holding our breath!

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