Messagetoeagle.com – Among the recent findings of Amphipolis’ Kasta Hill, there are coins of the era of Alexander III along with Roman coins and pottery.
There are no signs that Christians ever entered the tomb, the officials informed.
Coins depicting the face of Alexander the Great were discovered inside the Amphipolis tomb, Greece, announced head of excavations Katerina Peristeri during a press conference on Saturday.
According to Katerina Peristeri, head of excavations, the coins are dated around the 2nd century B.C., the era of the last Macedonian kings.
| The coins will be photographed to be shown to the public after they are cleaned.
Another important finding was painted pottery that belongs to the 4th century B.C. "We have so many pottery pieces we have hardly counted them,"Peristeri said. |
Meanwhile, the suspense continues on who is buried in the magnificent tomb, the largest archaeological burial monument in Greece. Reporters asked several questions on the identity of the skeleton found and the condition it was found in,” reports The Greek Reporter.
"The bones were found inside and outside the burial pit,"said General Secretary of Culture Lina Mendoni.
"The skull was quite some distance away from the pit, the lower jaw was just outside the pit and the largest part of the skeleton was inside the pit.
The depictions of human shapes and the inscriptions on the epistyle and other marble plates that may give more clues on the identity of the dead will be studied via ultraviolet rays, a process that has not started yet.
The monument was originally open to the public. It is estimated that it was looted some time during the Roman era and then it was sealed.
