Amphipolis: Who is buried in the grave?

The head of the excavation at Amphipolis, Mrs. Peristeri, speaking in Mega channel, revealed that the grave of Amphipolis may hosts an important person, probably one of the generals of Alexander the Great.

As said Katerina Peristeri, the excavation team has now reached the third chamber which is at a lower level than the first two and has identified a smaller doorway down and left. Still they do not know if this leads to a fourth chamber. She expressed her displeasure for the attacks received from her colleagues, but stressed that welcomes the fact that she has the support of the majority of ordinary colleagues.

However, the associate Professor of History and Archaeology at University of Cyprus, Th. Mavrogiannis, expressed the belief that in the tomb of Amphipolis is buried the childhood friend of Alexander the Great, Hephaistion. Speaking in Mega channel, Mr. Mavrogiannis confirmed the dating of Mrs. Katerina Peristeri, while noted that "the Caryatids send a political message and a reference to the Athenian constitution, since Hephaestion was Athenian".

At the same time, the archeology professor Panagiotis Faklaris believes that in this tomb, the biggest ever found in Greece, maybe there is another larger tomb.
On his part, Professor of Classical Archaeology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Michael Tiberius maintains its position that Nearchus is buried in the tomb.
However, the secret is still well buried at Amphipolis...

What do the new findings indicate

Two more pieces of the marble double door, which was in the doorway of the third wall, were found in the burial monument.
After the new findings, must find other two pieces to form the left door.

The two new pieces were found in the soil in front of the doorway of the third wall. The double-door thickness is 14 cm and is decorated with elements that mimic nail head and have a hinge. Overall, have been found 5 pieces of the left door.

Browse to the funerary monument through the three-dimensional representation

For the first time since the discovery of the Tomb of Amphipolis, there is a three-dimensional digital model of the representation of the site.

Through a 3D application, the user is given the ability to 'navigate' within the virtual space, to observe the details of the Sphinxes and Caryatids and understand the size of the tomb using the functions of maximize, minimize and rotation.

The existing model was designed by the greektoys.org, illustrates the archaeological site at this stage of excavation, and will be continuously updated, as new data from the excavations will come to light.

See the three dimensional representation by clicking here.