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Off Topic => General Off Topic => Topic started by: Panos_ on September 30, 2014, 10:51:10 am

Title: The tomb of Amphipolis, now with from the excavation progress so far.
Post by: Panos_ on September 30, 2014, 10:51:10 am
Oh, looks like another Macedonian tomb was found on Greek soil  :wink:

Many think that the tomb is the house of Roxane, the wife of Alexander the Great, while others claim it belongs to a big Macedonian General (Androsthenes, Laomedon , Nearchus, Antigonus Monophthalmus)

My hope is that the tomb belongs to Alexander, so that the gypsie Skopjans shut their whore mouths once and for all.

Here are some pics, in case you don`t know what I`m talking about.


Here is where the tomb is located

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This is the panoramic view of the tomb

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The entrance of the tomb

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At the entrance of the second room, there are 2 "kariatides" (female statues), 4 meteres each.

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So far, the historians that dug the grave, have found 3 rooms, and they make way for a 4th one which probably is the burial room.


The last couple of days, there is a big fuss going on, about a German Auction house that sells stolen coins from the tomb of  Amphipolis, and the Greek government is gonna move legally against them for theft, and claim them back.

What the media of your countries say about the tomb? I`m really interested in knowing...


P.S - I`m laughing my ass with the gypsie Skopjans, who accuse us that we are stealing "their" history...up yours gypsies.



Title: Re: The tomb of Amphipolis
Post by: Molly on September 30, 2014, 11:12:25 am
News in Germany: none.

Edit: Not completely true. Some online issue of a regional newspaper had an article middle of August.

http://www.sz-online.de/nachrichten/kultur/raetselraten-um-antike-promi-gruft-2912366.html (http://www.sz-online.de/nachrichten/kultur/raetselraten-um-antike-promi-gruft-2912366.html)
Title: Re: The tomb of Amphipolis
Post by: Thomek on September 30, 2014, 11:17:02 am
It has been in norwegian news several times already :)

awesome.
Title: Re: The tomb of Amphipolis
Post by: Panos_ on September 30, 2014, 11:26:19 am
Quote from: Molly on September 30, 2014, 11:12:25 am
News in Germany: none.

Edit: Not completely true. Some online issue of a regional newspaper had an article middle of August.

http://www.sz-online.de/nachrichten/kultur/raetselraten-um-antike-promi-gruft-2912366.html (http://www.sz-online.de/nachrichten/kultur/raetselraten-um-antike-promi-gruft-2912366.html)

Funny, since the locals oclaim that plenty of German tourists visited the village/tomb the last month, but what amazes me the most is that there are a lot of Turkish tourists there.


Someone is butthurt

https://www.facebook.com/catherine.kazantzidisadractas/posts/10205038790355658

and in case you cant read it/open it.

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Quote from: HESKEYTIME on September 30, 2014, 11:22:20 am
Nice, havent heard any news in the UK about it :(

Based on the panoramic view i'm surprised it's such a recent find, but then again i keep forgetting you have a lot of ancient and classical archaeology to sift through unlike us.

That entrance tho... that's the sort of thing you'd dream of finding.


There was another excavation 35 years ago, but the previous historian was digging from up, thus hitting on stone all the time  :lol:, so the then Greek government left the project to die.


Some claim that the Greek government always knew the existence of the grave, but kept it secret to use it as a secret card in case of near elections etc etc.

Title: Re: The tomb of Amphipolis
Post by: F i n on September 30, 2014, 11:32:49 am
Quote from: Molly on September 30, 2014, 11:12:25 am
News in Germany: none.

Edit: Not completely true. Some online issue of a regional newspaper had an article middle of August.

http://www.sz-online.de/nachrichten/kultur/raetselraten-um-antike-promi-gruft-2912366.html (http://www.sz-online.de/nachrichten/kultur/raetselraten-um-antike-promi-gruft-2912366.html)


Pf that german headlining is so fucking stupid...

Promigruft my ass.
Title: Re: The tomb of Amphipolis
Post by: Panos_ on September 30, 2014, 11:38:29 am
what does promigruft mean?
Title: Re: The tomb of Amphipolis
Post by: Molly on September 30, 2014, 11:59:57 am
"Promi" is a word for popular people "he is a Promi" "he is popular" - like a Hollywood actress is a "Promi". It's often associated with a negative undertone. Not necessarily in this case tho.
Title: Re: The tomb of Amphipolis
Post by: Panos_ on September 30, 2014, 12:04:39 pm
Quote from: Molly on September 30, 2014, 11:59:57 am
"Promi" is a word for popular people "he is a Promi" "he is popular" - like a Hollywood actress is a "Promi". It's often associated with a negative undertone. Not necessarily in this case tho.

Danke.
Title: Re: The tomb of Amphipolis
Post by: The_Bloody_Nine on September 30, 2014, 12:14:11 pm
Promi=Prominenter=VIP
Title: Re: The tomb of Amphipolis
Post by: Gnjus on September 30, 2014, 12:18:14 pm
It doesn't really matter what Skopjans say or write, according to the professor they're all Serbs, Alexander the Great was in fact Lesandar Karanović and his was the third Arial Conquest, 1st and 2nd being those of his predecessors Nino Belov and Serbo Makeridov.
The main striking force of Alexander's army wasn't the phalanx but Serbian Cavalry (Serbička konjica).  :P
Tons of new "findings" can be heard at his lectures and read from his books.  :wink:
Title: Re: The tomb of Amphipolis
Post by: Prpavi on September 30, 2014, 01:02:40 pm
Well wasn't Jesus serbian too?
Title: Re: The tomb of Amphipolis
Post by: Leshma on September 30, 2014, 01:20:46 pm
Nah, Jesus has always been Greek.

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Title: Re: The tomb of Amphipolis
Post by: Gnjus on September 30, 2014, 01:24:57 pm
Quote from: Prpavi on September 30, 2014, 01:02:40 pm
Well wasn't Jesus serbian too?


Title: Re: The tomb of Amphipolis
Post by: Prpavi on October 01, 2014, 12:19:24 pm
hahah love the tie  :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Title: Re: The tomb of Amphipolis
Post by: Tibe on October 01, 2014, 12:34:19 pm
Quote from: Panos_the_Bear on September 30, 2014, 11:26:19 am

Someone is butthurt

https://www.facebook.com/catherine.kazantzidisadractas/posts/10205038790355658

Honestly its not suprising. We used to have a macedonian in our clan once and the dude was a seriuslly touchy little shit. Honestly he would have capslocked you to death if you kept spamming "Alexander the Greek" in chat.
Title: Re: The tomb of Amphipolis
Post by: Leshma on October 01, 2014, 12:58:45 pm
That's all he has left. His parents were born and raised in much bigger, stronger and meaningful country but that country fell apart in tiny little pieces. FYR Macedonia is a special case because before Yugoslavia (kingdom) became a thing, that territory was split between Serbs, Bulgarians and Greeks. And even before there was Ottoman Empire. Before Ottomans it was part of Serbo-Greek Empire and previous to that part of ancient Serbia, Bulgaria and goes back to Romans and of course Greek.

It's easy to understand why they pursue Alexander myth, it's the only time in history when people who lived in that area had independence, power and influence. Of course, people who occupy that area today have nothing to do with Greeks but they won't admit it because illusion would go away.

They aren't much different from Serbs or Croats actually. Each of them is trying build some national myth, to forget about the fact how non-important each of them are in today's world and that their only value comes from being part of Europe and EU.
Title: Re: The tomb of Amphipolis, now with from the excavation progress so far.
Post by: Panos_ on October 29, 2014, 01:24:29 pm
to those who care, the Greek government released a video, so I though I should add it here.

Title: Re: The tomb of Amphipolis, now with from the excavation progress so far.
Post by: Leshma on October 29, 2014, 02:22:24 pm
What'cha gonna do about Albanians raiding Greek villages?