tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51559446055954584.post838747999198467437..comments2024-03-22T22:05:52.249+01:00Comments on Megas Alexandros: Thinking out loud about the Amphipolis Tomb!Argyraspidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08284988922758243086noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51559446055954584.post-47448995320200999542014-09-08T11:47:40.490+02:002014-09-08T11:47:40.490+02:00Thank you for this link. I could not react earlier...Thank you for this link. I could not react earlier to it, but just added a short notice on my blog.Argyraspidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08284988922758243086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51559446055954584.post-47161302664939039832014-09-07T22:42:57.602+02:002014-09-07T22:42:57.602+02:00Yes, but Septimus Severus' son, later named Ca...Yes, but Septimus Severus' son, later named Caracalla, in his adulation for Alexander most probably had the tomb unsealed for his visit, but it is also likely that he had it resealed afterwards. It is said that he was even more jealously protective of the tomb's content than his father.<br />In any case, Caracalla seems to be last recorded witness to have seen the remains of Alexander.Argyraspidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08284988922758243086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51559446055954584.post-66156231581321633492014-09-07T22:29:44.297+02:002014-09-07T22:29:44.297+02:00A rather interesting theory, which adds to King Ph...A rather interesting theory, which adds to King Philip's genius and good judge of people! I hope to read more about these calculations. Maybe when the excavation has revealed its treasure we will be entitled to a full report - I hope.Argyraspidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08284988922758243086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51559446055954584.post-63632265546573081832014-09-07T21:55:12.378+02:002014-09-07T21:55:12.378+02:00May the Romans sealed the Tiomb after having plund...May the Romans sealed the Tiomb after having plundered it? Cassius Dio wrote this: <br /><br />13 1 Severus. After conducting the siege for twenty days, he then went to Palestine, where he sacrificed to the spirit of Pompey. Thence he sailed to Upper Egypt, passing up the Nile, and viewed the whole country with some few exceptions; for instance, he was unable to pass the frontier of Ethiopia because of a pestilence. He inquired into everything, including things that were very carefully hidden; for he was the kind of person to leave nothing, either human or divine, uninvestigated. Accordingly, he took away from practically all the sanctuaries all the books that he could find containing any secret lore, and he locked up the tomb of Alexander; this was in order that no one in future should either view Alexander's body or read what was written in the above-mentioned books. So much, then, for what Severus was doing. BANNISTERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14637754608742179091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51559446055954584.post-18668529664442505962014-09-07T18:57:52.195+02:002014-09-07T18:57:52.195+02:00There, the link you posted :photo number 4 : no ho...There, the link you posted :photo number 4 : no hole in the left part of the wall: http://www.yppo.gr/2/g22.jsp?obj_id=58312<br />BANNISTERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14637754608742179091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51559446055954584.post-63945307807347343982014-09-07T17:51:21.829+02:002014-09-07T17:51:21.829+02:00When you say second wall, which wall do you mean?...When you say second wall, which wall do you mean? The archaeologists on the site define the wall in front of the sphinxes as number 1. The room behind wall 3 also appears to have a dividing wall which also has a hole, as revealed a few hours ago by a ministry official. Planethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07909074465181413678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51559446055954584.post-88873134233907489062014-09-07T17:17:43.237+02:002014-09-07T17:17:43.237+02:00Plato?
http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&...Plato?<br /><br />http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=446205BANNISTERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14637754608742179091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51559446055954584.post-28004668986856061072014-09-07T16:13:16.639+02:002014-09-07T16:13:16.639+02:00The more the works of excavation move forward, the...The more the works of excavation move forward, the more I have the impression that attempts of destruction and plunder of the grave took place but that because of the efficiency of the very well organized defences, the looters did not reach their purposes. Indeed, the last wall the top of which situated just under the vault is of more reduced size than on both previous ones seems perfectly intact, according to the photography. Obviously, compartments were filled by someone (?) with sand later to strengthen even more the safety. BANNISTERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14637754608742179091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51559446055954584.post-63981043986055965802014-09-07T15:25:37.815+02:002014-09-07T15:25:37.815+02:00Yeap! Our hopes are running high!Yeap! Our hopes are running high!Argyraspidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08284988922758243086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51559446055954584.post-53148600234053741642014-09-07T15:22:00.848+02:002014-09-07T15:22:00.848+02:00Completely hallucinating my friends..... Besides t...Completely hallucinating my friends..... Besides the magnificence of the new discoveries and the beauty badge of caryatids, we have an answer: the grave was not plundered because the second septal wall is intact. The fever is thus going to rise very seriously. I understand why the archaeologists asked to the police for a strengthened surveillance!BANNISTERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14637754608742179091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51559446055954584.post-72060843907747430802014-09-07T10:44:37.418+02:002014-09-07T10:44:37.418+02:00http://www.yppo.gr/2/g22.jsp?obj_id=58312
Amazing...http://www.yppo.gr/2/g22.jsp?obj_id=58312<br /><br />AmazingPlanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07909074465181413678noreply@blogger.com