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Meanwhile, there is a small interview with mr. Tsokas who did the 3D tomography at Casta, and talks about two points of interest that have to be excavated, one 20m west of the sphinxes' entrance, and another one at the West, Northwest. He also commented on the hypothesized second entrance from the F...

I'd like to go there and take high resolution, long exposure night images with my DSLR camera, to see what is there to see. At some point I'd like to go, since I've never visited this area, granted you can still go up to the barrier, and nothing has changed since this event. But in any case I also h...

Indeed Michael. As for the monument found in Siwa, it is very possible that it was the original tomb of Alexander before his body was moved to Alexandria. But unfortunately details for this monument are hard to find, and are the subject of a debate.

Why hasn't the analysis of the bones found in Casta moved forward, even thought it has been funded with 236000 euro? For the same reasons the excavation at Siwa didn't move forward. For the same reasons Casta is now covered in dirt. Because politics. Maybe because there should be no important findin...

It's the white curves.

to system1988: Did you receive my reply? It isn't showing on my sent messages, only in the outbox.

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The team knew of the inscription referring to Hephaestion before this whole thing hit the media. That is why they were talking of a Macedonian general all along. I wouldn't go as far as to to say it's propaganda. And i am not sure if Lefantzis and Peristeri would be talking about a Macedonian tomb s...

According to the latest news, Mihalis Lefantzis announced that the limestone bricks that were used behind the marble ones at the tomb came from the Amphipolis wall, and the total length that was removed from the wall is equivalent to that for the construction of the tomb. Based on coins that were fo...

And, Hephaestion is being portrayed to be the same height as Alexander, while the sources tell us he was taller.

So, it seems to be Hephaestion. Now it remains to be seen if he was buried there too. And why was Antigonus (or any other general) so devoted to Hephaistion as to spend thousands of talents on such a monument, when the army at Babylon had voted down Alexander's own plans for such expenditure? I did ...

Back in November they said they found coins from the 3rd century A.D, which had to be outside of the chambers since they now said that they were sealed during the 2nd century B.C. The study of the findings continues, and certain things may change. However the initial dating of the tomb hasn't. Mrs P...

I don't know if it has been mentioned but the leg with the knee wound that has been found did not come from the tombs at Vergina. At least this is what prof. Xirotiris said, as he personally send the remains from tomb I to Thessaloniki to be examined, by Andronikos request. He mentioned that there w...

Xenophon, you edit your posts to correct typos, but you haven't yet corrected "Katsas" into "Kasta". The hill is known as Kasta hill. As far as the rest of the argument, it has been discussed before, and without proper evidence no one can say with certainty who is and who isn't i...

Xenophon, going in circles was a wrong choice of words, both armies were changing their positions, and going westwards in general. As for the positions of the ancient sites of Melamvion and Thetidion (it is "to Thetidion" Agesilaos, neutral gender, "ton" refers to the male gender...

Xenophon, the thing is that the march towards Krini is not long either, these places are all closeby. Granted, Krini is a bit more to the west but not far. The sources mention that the two armies were going in circles the second day. As for the ancient Melamvion and Thetidion, there are good clues a...