After the continuous game at Kasta Hill/Amphipolis’ tomb “looted or not
looted”, at least here in Vergina it
is clear that the newly discovered tomb dating from the time of Alexander the Great has not been looted!
That deserves a sigh of relieve and a big applause!
The find came as a surprise since most of the
tombs in the Aegae necropolis were brutally destroyed and robbed in 276 BC
when Gaul mercenaries at the service of King Pyrrhus thoroughly rampaged the
site.
This is a box shaped tomb containing the
remains of a man who died somewhere between the 350s to 320s BC. The many
burial gifts that accompanied the deceased will be restored and are meant to be
on display at the new Archaeological Museum of Aegae that will open soon. Among the many items there is a
gold-plated bronze wreath and a wonderful gilded bronze krater, a vessel used for mixing wine and water whose handles show
high quality craftsmanship.
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