Amphipolis Tomb May Have Been Looted
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
AMPHIPOLIS, GREECE—Archaeologists led by Katerina Peristeri have entered the antechamber of the fourth-century B.C. Macedonian tomb under excavation in Amphipolis. “Now the front of the monument has been revealed almost entirely,” the Greek culture ministry said in a statement reported by Discovery News. There is a suspicious, man-sized opening in a wall blocking the interior, however, which suggests that the tomb may have been looted in antiquity. A second chamber and a wall can be seen through the hole. The burial complex, the largest tomb ever discovered in Greece, may have been built by Dinocrates, a friend of Alexander the Great known for the construction of Alexandria. To read about recent excavations at the Hellenistic center of Zeugma, go to ARCHAEOLOGY's "Zeugma After the Flood."
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