Photographs of the skeleton, that gave the team of archaeologists, is the newest element that came to light, at a time when the world's archaeological community continues the scenarios and considerations about whether the deceased is a wealthy Macedonian, a glorious strategist, one relative of Alexander or even himself stratilatis.
With the mystery of the skeleton that may reveal many deals this week Antonis Sroiter through the broadcast of the "Autopsy". The emission of ALPHA camera speaks Manolis Papagrigorakis, Professor of orthodontics, who headed the team that had the face of Myrtidas reconstruct, the young Athenian who "lost" before 2.500 years in the great plague of Athens and the skeleton, found in the Tuileries. "From the skull has been found we can learn a lot," says the journalist, While it stresses that "If a tooth has decay can be seen feeding and from there with what fed. Will show us and information era, If you put wood or metal residues, If you find a fruit, These are all elements which define the environment. The skull can give us information if it was male or female. It depends, of course, from an early age. It is of course too difficult to determine from a skull, because the age emerges indirectly. If DNA analysis we will find exactly».
Scientists place great importance on the teeth that can be present in the skull. "It is a matter of weeks to see if there is a relationship of the skeleton with Philip», stresses with meaning to Anthony Sroiter Chris Giapitzakis, Geneticist – Assistant Professor Neyrogenetikis, While noting that "depends on the quality of the ancient DNA and DNA polymorphisms by how many we'll see, to compare if there is a family relationship or not. We can learn whether father or son. We could learn if there is affinity paternal origin, If it is uncle to nephew. There is a y chromosome that is inherited from father to son. Is the so-called male inheritance. It would seem because half the genes of Alexander would be Philip. I was pleasantly, but the unlikely event! If you are female you will not see affinity. If it was though, woman, congenital with Philip, I was looking at some parent type inheritance genes in mitochondrial DNA that we inherit from our mother. All Europeans come from 7 women and 10 men. So in some of these families would be. You could say that resembles the modern inhabitants of the Peloponnese or of Crete».
Tonight, at 23:45, Antonis Sroiter through the frequency of ALPHA makes "Autoplay" the findings of the excavations of Amphipolis trying to shed light on the mystery of "inhabitant" of the Tomb.
