To: Red Badger
That might be a good guess, especially if someone can find some evidence of a link between Alexander and the city of Amphipolis that would have made this site his choice for a tomb. Modern Vergina is usually credited with being the site of the tomb of Phillip, Alexander's father. According to Wikipedia, "The town became internationally famous in 1977, when the Greek archaeologist Manolis Andronikos unearthed the burial site of the kings of Macedon, including the tomb of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great. The finds established the site as the ancient Aigai (Greek: Αἰγαί)."
9 posted on
08/15/2014 6:26:01 AM PDT by
wildbill
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To: wildbill
A five-metre marble lion, currently standing on a nearby road, originally topped the tomb, he said. A clue.......................
10 posted on
08/15/2014 6:31:07 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: wildbill
Is there a reason to believe that Alexander would have chosen a city different from the one where previous kings were buried?
11 posted on
08/15/2014 9:01:28 AM PDT by
Bigg Red
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