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A huge tomb found in Pella that was carved into the rock.


[url:1un5lebg]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4707014.stm[/url]

Wow........ hock: hock:
Now that is interesting...!
regards
Arthes

Nice find, Jaime.

Khairete,
I have just posted this on an Alexander site too.....
Yesterday I saw this....[url:26ce3ilb]http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/02/12/tomb.greece.ap/?section=edition[/url] Giving three of the names from the tomb as Antigona, Kleoniki and Nikosrati.
Now I wondered straight away about a link with Antigonos and decided to do a little checking of my own...without luck.
One of those strange coincidences today....I saw a portrait of a very fierce looking lady called Bernice II
[url:26ce3ilb]http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/alexandria/gallery/berenice.jpg[/url]
and in checking out the lineage of this warrior queen...I found [url:26ce3ilb]http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Egypt/ptolemies/apama-arsinoe.htm#Arsinoe_Cyrene[/url]
Antiochus was married to Stratoniki....who was previously the wife of Selucus 1. The daughter of Selucus and Stratoniki was married to Antigonos........
Is this Nicostrati the same person or could these ladies be the descendants of Alexander's Selucus and Antigonos ...... hock:
The dates are about correct too...!
regards
Arthes

Apama is possibly Phrygian though.
The second link quotes 19th century books.
Inscriptions and tompstones bearing the name Arsinoe have been found.
The name means strong brained even stuborn.
The family origins are traced to Lyngistis-modern Florina in Greece.
Lyngkas is lynx the wildcat. It was the emblem of the Lyngistes too.
This is a linage of tough ladies indeed.
Kind regards

Khairete Stafanos,

Quote:Apama is possibly Phrygian though.
The second link quotes 19th century books.
Inscriptions and tompstones bearing the name Arsinoe have been found.
The name means strong brained even stuborn.
The family origins are traced to Lyngistis-modern Florina in Greece.
Lyngkas is lynx the wildcat. It was the emblem of the Lyngistes too.
This is a linage of tough ladies indeed.
Kind regards

I am reading that Alexander had Lygistes blood from his Grandmother Eurydice........could it be possible these are relatives
regards
Cristina aka Arthes

Well it is not unlikely Christina.
That explains why the Generals were quick to lay claims to the throne and the heritage of Alexander after his death. In Greece there was no "Salic Law" and girl could inherit just as well as boys.
Kind regards