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Well.. the size of the thing is monumental and I really really hope it will be unspoiled once opened. However, I, and I am sure lots and lots of others here in Greece, have known of this tomb's existence for decades now and this is why there is no real enthusiasm until it is opened and evaluated. About it being Alexander's grave, it certainly is very doubtful but it could be that of Roxane and of Alexander's son. Anyways... wherever the state has a word, we are not exactly famous for our fast work here in Greece and so it might still be decades until we know more.... (I certainly hope not but optimism is something rare nowadays here)
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Clearly not Alexander's tomb.
Alexander's body was to go to Ammon until Perdiccas decided Aegae, with himself and new wife Cleopatrea as escort, was a better destination. He just had to deal with Ptolemy first and Ptolemy, reading tealeaves, nicked the body burying it at Memphis. Even had it ever made it to Macedon it would not be at Amphipolis.
"Celebrity archaeology" indeed. Or creative reporting.
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It really suprises me that there are not 100000 threads here in RAT about the excavation work in Amphipolis tomb.
http://www.theamphipolistomb.com/
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