Sensational Find: Stunning Tomb of Alexander the Great Found

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

In the ancient Greek city of Amphipolis (Amphipolis), scientists have unearthed underground rooms in which the greatest warrior of Antiquity, Alexander the Great, is buried. The unique building of marble and limestone hides many more mysteries.

Not far from the Greek city of Amphipolis, there is a unique sculpture - a marble lion, which is already 24 centuries old. Recent excavations of the nearby Kasta Hill have revealed a 4th century tomb to the world. BC. It aroused tremendous interest in the world community. Researchers believe that this is the resting place of Alexander the Great - a ruler and warrior who, in one decade of his life, captured most of the civilized world.

Excavations in 2014 revealed three underground rooms to the world. Descending in them is greeted by a pair of winged sphinxes, once painted in bright colors. In the next aisle there are two caryatids - statues of girls in long tunics.

Behind them, the entire floor of the room is covered with amazing mosaics. She depicts Hades, the ancient Greek god of the underworld, who kidnaps the goddess Persephone in his chariot. The god Hermes is watching everything.

In the third and last room, a grave was hidden under the limestone slabs. In it, in a wooden, richly inlaid coffin, the body rested. Considering the splendid statues and mosaic floors, experts believe that this was the tomb of a very important man of royal blood, or rather, the warrior king Alexander the Great himself.

The skeleton found is that of a man of average height, with pale skin and brown or red hair. This suggests that the remains may well belong to the blue-eyed blonde Alexander the Great.

Currently, the skeleton is undergoing DNA analysis in order to find out the person's involvement in the Macedonian royal family. Scientists also want to know his age, because it is known that Alexander died at thirty-two years old.

Theories about skeletal personality vary. Some experts speculate that the remains may belong to Alexander's son or half-brother. It could also be one of Alexander's closest assistants. Unfortunately, the robbers took away a number of valuable artifacts, so the most reliable clues have disappeared.

Currently, geophysicists are using scanners to scan the rest of the hill to determine if there are other underground chambers underneath. Inside the three rooms of the tomb, archaeologists still find multi-colored decorations and elements of statues: iron and bronze nails, carved bone, glass decorations.

Alexander the Great, also known as the Great, is undoubtedly one of the greatest generals of the ancient world … He lived two millennia ago, but the memory of him still keeps even little known facts.