Katerina Peristeri first calls Maria Vlazaki, General Director of Antiquities and cultural heritage. As it is located on mission of Ministry and currently cannot answer, the next phone call that made the Director of the Inspectorate of Antiquities Serron, at 5 Friday afternoon, is the General Secretary Lina Mendoni.
Informs that during the course of the excavations, they had up to then reveal 80 measures of the enclosure in perfect condition, they arrived in front of the revelation that hinted at what followed: The two Sphinxes akefales.
Lina Mendoni hurries to the Office of the Minister, where shall I quote what was Jamie's Peristeri, and Costas Tasoylas instructs the Secretary-General to go Sunday to Amphipolis to establish itself and what it is about.
Reaching notes the importance of finding and remains in the region in order to move the procedures for setting up the construction site and processes to seamlessly work inside the Tomb, in an excavation that was not systemic but rescue (still hasn't done the procedure, Since it hasn't gone yet the dossier of the excavation in the Central Archaeological Council).
Constantly informs the Minister of culture, who communicates with the Public Ministry and the local police department, asking for increased police protection. At the same time continuously informs the Prime Minister. Five days later, the Prime Minister himself visited the excavation and thus the word Amphipolis becomes internationally viral and scenarios and stories on Megalou Alexandrou suddenly find fertile ground to flourish.
This historic recounted the same General Secretary on the sidelines of Marathon presentation of "Trek" anaskafikoy of Amphipolis, based on the report by Mrs Peristeri in guards with guns around the excavation. Indeed, the Minister watched agreeing with this narrative, but finding and a chance to remember yet another Constantine Cavafy poem, that is obviously the favourite poet: "She's A ygoystoy-A ygoystos was;- the evening… Once I remember anymore the eyes· were, I, mabia…».
Read the history of excavation then, as published in iefimerida.gr
- 20 August-to light the Sphinxes
At 20 August were made public the photos and with the two Sphinxes, After you have removed 11 stones from the wall of the entrance of the mound stamping Kasta. Impressive sentinels of the Tomb in all their glory… Along with their heads, their height reached two meters.
- 21 August-to light the pilasters of the entrance
By removing five stones from the wall sealing the Tomb ithre the basis of Sphinxes and the upper section of the marble thyrwmatos. Covered with fresco fragment in imitation of ionic. Bear decorating with red, Blue and black color. Immediately, below the Ionic architrave, uncovered two Ionic capitals of the Antis of port, also overlapped with fresco and epizwgrafismena with the same colors.
- 24 A ygoystoy-gradually Revealed the tomb's entrance
By removing 10 even sealing stones from the wall of the Tomb revealed the continued input of the monument's facade, with decoration, similar to that of side walls, But beneath the capitals, marble pilasters of thyrwmatos, which overlap, also, from white fresco.
- 25 August-to light the towering entrance
A pokalyfthike almost the whole facade funerary monument, While the removal of soils, inside of the antechamber, appeared under the marble Ionic architrave, nested marble lining, from uprights, Prof’ the entire length of the lateral walls. At a distance 6 m. from the opening of the entrance was revealed the top marble septal wall.
- 26 August-The Pebble flooring behind the Sphinxes
With the removal of soils behind the Pebble flooring revealed Sphinxes, consisting of rectangular and square shapes, surrounded by black-and-white diamonds.. In the lower part of the facade appears in the movie matrix, color blue, which goes on and on the side walls.
- 31 August-red mosaic
With the removal of soil from the vestibule, in the space behind the wall of Sphinxes, marmarothetimenoy flooring Department revealed, with white, small irregular pieces of marble, on a red background, surviving in extremely good condition.
- 6 September-the beautiful Caryatids
At a distance of approximately 2 the dome and measures 4,5 measures, about, from the floor of the cabin revealed first marble slab rectangles, length 4,2 m., width 1 m. and thickness 0,21 m., in excellent condition, While the removal of sandy soils, the area in front of the second septal wall, uncovered beneath the marble architrave, among the, also, marble pilasters, two magnificent art Caryatids, by thassian marble.
- 11 September-The Caryatids are monobloc!
With the removal of sealing wall in front of the caryatids was revealed that the daughters are monobloc. The Caryatids that seem slightly the tunic also raise the, with the corresponding hand.
- 12 September-there is a third Chamber in the Tomb
After removal of soil in the second Chamber of the Tomb, behind the caryatids discovered the third wall of phrenic mound and the upper section of the yperthyroy that leads to the third Chamber of the Tomb.
- 14 September-on the inside of the second Chamber
To light the first photos from the inside of the second Chamber, behind the caryatids, with red marbles.
- 21 September-amazing details from the fingertips of Karyatidon
With the further removal of soil from the first Chamber of the Tomb revealed astonishing details of the caryatids. Specific, It was revealed that bear kothornoys, who is decorated with red and yellow, While the fingertip of their feet have been attributed with fine detail.
- 30 September-The towering Caryatids on their pedestals
With the removal of the last wall sealing structures, in front of the second septal wall, revealed in their entirety marble pedestals, on which pull the Caryatids. total height pedestal and statue is 3,67 m.
- 2 October-the marble door "shows" grave
With the removal of soils revealed sections of marble doorway, the standard format of the Macedonian tombs. E is constructed from Aliki Thassos marble-like is made and all the funerary complex- with lentigines, which mimic the nail head, as is customary on wooden doors. Also, during excavation found, in front of the port, behind the caryatids, Bronze and Iron nails.
- 12 October-Enchants the amazing mosaic
M e the removal of soils by the second Chamber of the Tomb, the excavators found in front of a new surprise. An astonishing art mosaic. The Hermes psychopompos to lead, two white horses, and a dafnostefanwmenos man.
- 16 October-the mosaic depicts the abduction of Persephone
With the removal of all soil from the second Chamber of the Tomb revealed the entire mosaic which, as found, It depicts the abduction of Persephone. Redhead Persephone enchants…
- 21 October-the surprise with the head of the Sphinx
K c suddenly excavators last week were faced with a new surprise. While they removed the soils from the third Chamber of the tomb and in their attempt to reach the fourth septal wall of the tomb and to see what hides the input of 0,96 the measures have found in him, found buried in soils of Eastern Sphinx head…
