tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51559446055954584.post8380375300591344002..comments2024-03-22T22:05:52.249+01:00Comments on Megas Alexandros: Interesting artist’s reconstruction of the tomb at Kasta Hill near AmphipolisArgyraspidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08284988922758243086noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51559446055954584.post-32660591821961028732014-11-25T21:50:29.446+01:002014-11-25T21:50:29.446+01:00Interesting idea for why would the very center of ...Interesting idea for why would the very center of such a superb mosaic otherwise be disturbed in antiquity? When I first saw the picture I thought there had been a center piece of some kind, but that didn't make sens after I read that loose mosaics had been recovered from the filling layer of soil.<br />But placing an image right on top of the running horses does not make sense either, does it?<br />The intriguing question is then, why such a circular shaped hole?<br />It will a while before this question and so many others will be answered - unfortunately ...Argyraspidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08284988922758243086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51559446055954584.post-49609594616718138132014-11-25T01:42:43.198+01:002014-11-25T01:42:43.198+01:00I can't help but wonder, the nearly geometric ...I can't help but wonder, the nearly geometric shape of the hole in the mosaic... I could almost imagine a circular image there. Like a picture of a face with the symbol of the sun around it like seen on the Macedonian shields. It would give credit to the idea that the "shrine" to Olympias had been further defiled.ProfInGenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11072224448414878975noreply@blogger.com