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Who will save Amphipolis?

Edit Kathimerini 12 Feb 2016
A team of archaeologists are scrambling to rescue the precious artifacts found inside the Amphipolis Tomb in northern Greece, which dates to the era of Alexander the Great, as the site is threatened by landslides ... “Every time there is some news about Amphipolis, sales pick up,” Tzafolias said....

Seriously? That Ancient Greek Statue Does Not Depict a Laptop

Edit Yahoo Daily News 07 Feb 2016
There's a new conspiracy theory out there, but instead of invoking big government or aliens, it questions whether there's a laptop carved into an ancient Greek statue ... "Just so we are clear, I';m not saying that this relief was depicting an ancient laptop computer," StillSpeakingOut said in the 100-second-long video ... Grave artwork ... Mysterious Ancient Tomb in Amphipolis Copyright 2016 LiveScience, a Purch company....

Protection measures for site of Amphipolis Tomb completed

Edit Kathimerini 21 Jan 2016
Works to restore and protect a tomb dating from the era of Alexander the Great near Amphipolis in Macedonia, northern Greece, are now complete, the Ministry ......

Tickets for Greek museums, sites to rise next season

Edit Kathimerini 15 Oct 2015
One of the sharpest increases is for the Acropolis Museum, where a ticket will cost 20 euros compared to 12 euros now ... Other sites currently charging very low prices will see significant increases, such as the archaeological site at Amphipolis, where a ticket will rise to 6 euros rather than the current 2 ... ....

Lecture series explores threats to historic sites (University of Michigan)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Oct 2015
(Source. University of Michigan). EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT. EVENT. The 'Global Heritage at Risk' lecture series examines contemporary threats to museums, collections and historic sites around the world. Speakers will address factors fueling the ongoing loss of objects, monuments and historical places. Tuesday, Oct. 13. 'The Calculated Frightfulness of ISIS ... Tuesday, Nov. 3 ... Challenges and Opportunities' ... Tuesday, Nov. 10. 'To Amphipolis and Back Again....

A Matter of Class: 2,400-Year-Old Tombs Yield Ancient Aristocrats

Edit Yahoo Daily News 13 Oct 2015
A 2,400-year-old underground tomb complex, containing what appears to be an aristocratic family, has been discovered near the ancient city of Soloi in northern Cyprus. The complex contains three burial chambers, two of which were intact while the third had been looted ... One of the chambers held an intricate gold wreath in the shape of an ivy plant ... View gallery ... Who was buried here? ... Photos. Mysterious Ancient Tomb in Amphipolis In Images....

Amphipolis tomb may have been dedicated to Alexander's companion Hephaestion

Edit Kathimerini 01 Oct 2015
A huge tomb in Amphipolis, northern Greece, where archaeologists have been seeking traces of Alexander the Great, was likely a monument for Hephaestion, a close companion of the ancient warrior, experts working at the site have revealed....

Amphipolis tomb was dedicated to companion of Alexander, experts say

Edit Kathimerini 01 Oct 2015
”We surmise it was a funerary heroon (hero worship shrine) dedicated to Hephaestion,” the sites head archaeologist Katerina Peristeri told reporters, adding however ... The tomb at Amphipolis, some 60 kilometres (37 miles) from the northern city of Serres, is the largest ever discovered in the country ... Built on the banks of the river Strymon, Amphipolis was an important city of the ancient Macedonian kingdom under Alexander....

Greek tomb was 'for Alexander the Great's friend Hephaestion'

Edit BBC News 01 Oct 2015
Greeks have been enthralled for months by the mystery surrounding the Amphipolis monument ... Monogram. Ms Peristeri's team believe the site at Amphipolis may have been designed by one of two architects, Dinocrates or Stesicrates, and built by Antigonus, another of Alexander's generals ... As his generals fought over his legacy, his mother, widow, son and half brother were all killed, most of them near Amphipolis. Amphipolis site ... ....

Excavator: Ancient grave in Greece honored Alexander's pal

Edit Tampa Bay Online 01 Oct 2015
Archaeologist Katerina Peristeri said she believes the vaulted structure, decorated with sculptures and a mosaic floor, "was a funerary monument for Hephaestion." ... Panayiotis Faklaris, associate professor at the University of Thessaloniki, told the Associated Press the tomb more likely belonged to some prominent ancient citizen of Amphipolis ... "Hephaestion had no connection with Amphipolis." ... ___. Nicholas Paphitis in Athens contributed ... ....

Ancient grave in Greece honored Alexander's pal

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 01 Oct 2015
Panayiotis Faklaris, associate professor at the University of Thessaloniki, told the Associated Press the tomb more likely belonged to some prominent ancient citizen of Amphipolis. The monument contained twin marble statues of sphinxes and young women, had a painted frieze — parts of which survive — and, according to Peristeri, was topped with a large marble lion now standing a few kilometers away ... ....

On wild beasts and other allegories

Edit Kathimerini 15 Sep 2015
The area also features narrow streets with low-rise buildings housing various shops with a vintage flair ... There are plenty of stories ... A decision by an advisory committee regarding the project’s commission was delayed due to developments at the excavation site of Amphipolis in northern Greece, while the lack of funding substantially reduced the initial budget, at one point threatening the Greek participation altogether ...   ....

A year on, no answers to ancient Greek tomb mystery

Edit Kathimerini 12 Aug 2015
The buzz of cicadas and wasps gives no hint that Amphipolis, some 60 kilometres (37 miles) from the northern city of Serres, drew a media stampede in August 2014 after authorities declared it a "unique" find ... The head archaeologist at Amphipolis, Katerina Peristeri, fired off an angry letter to the newspaper to defend her evaluation....
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