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- Mon Aug 25, 2014 7:50 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis
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Re: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipol
Is the part of the wall missing here http://www.yppo.gr/2/g2001.jsp?mult_id=14749 due to a collapse? Or could it be from looters?
- Thu Aug 21, 2014 7:48 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis
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Re: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipol
Thanks a lot, these look nice. I assume the source (based on the watermark) should be here (http://www.yppo.gr/2/g22.jsp?obj_id=58074 - ministry of culture), where one can always look for the latest official statements and material regarding the excavation. The location for all press releases is her...
- Tue Aug 19, 2014 9:55 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis
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Re: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipol
Thanks Agesilaos, I don't think in the article it is claimed that the pictured coins are from Amphipolis. It is just an example of how coins with a Sphinx looks like. For the rest I cannot really comment. The person interviewed actually states that the association of coins that have sphinxes with Am...
- Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:00 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipolis
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Re: The Sphinxes Guarding the Lion Tomb Entrance at Amphipol
I also doubt that this is a trustworthy reference. The only relevant info that appeared in more credible sites is that if the tomb has been looted, access was not through the main entrance. As for the second tumulus, that is just overinterpretation of Google Earth images. Not sure how Google transla...
- Mon Aug 18, 2014 2:34 pm
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Yet ANOTHER potential tomb...
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Re: Yet ANOTHER potential tomb...
Hi all, here are some updates from the greek media: a) The news that they put a microcamera inside a small opening was denied by the ministry of culture b) Today they started the procedure of removing the blocks from the entrace. They actually refer to the blocks of the protective wall, so I assume ...