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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts) Tue Sep 23, 2014, 03:23 AM Sep 2014

New photos of Amphipolis Caryatids released

The full height of each caryatid is 2.27 metres and they are wearing chitons - or full-length draped dresses, tied in the middle - and a long himation, or a shawl-like cover over their dress, with fringes and several folds.

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New photos of Amphipolis Caryatids released (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Sep 2014 OP

Wonderful images. So glad they remain. Thank you. n/t Judi Lynn Sep 2014 #1

Alexander the Great-era sphinx head discovered at mysterious tomb at Amphipolis in Greece Judi Lynn Oct 2014 #2

Judi Lynn

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1. Wonderful images. So glad they remain. Thank you. n/t

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Fri Sep 26, 2014, 06:25 AM

Sep 2014

Judi Lynn

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2. Alexander the Great-era sphinx head discovered at mysterious tomb at Amphipolis in Greece

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Wed Oct 22, 2014, 10:00 PM

Oct 2014

Alexander the Great-era sphinx head discovered at mysterious tomb at Amphipolis in Greece
Updated 23 October 2014, 11:25 AEST

Standing more than half-a-metre high and marked by "traces of red", the country's culture ministry said the head belonged to the body of a sphinx which was found previously.

Archaeologists also found fragments of the sphinx's wings within the same burial mound.

The head was discovered in the fourth chamber of a burial mound at the site in the northern region of Macedonia, according to the ministry.

It was the latest find by archaeologists who unearthed the enormous tomb dating back to 4th century BC and the time of Alexander the Great of Macedonia in early August.

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http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2014-10-23/alexander-the-greatera-sphinx-head-discovered-at-mysterious-tomb-at-amphipolis-in-greece/1382079

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