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Archaeologists Found Skeleton Inside Alexander The Great-era Tomb

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Archaeologists in Greece have exposed a skeleton from a tomb dating back to the age of Alexander the Great. The excavation has refueled rumors about the Greek conqueror, whose final resting place leftovers a secrecy.

Greece’s Culture Ministry established that an excavation site in the country’s north had once again produced thrilling results, namely, that of a skeleton.

An archaeological team digging around 370 miles north of Athens near the city of Amphipolis in latest months exposed the bones in the third chamber of the huge tomb. According to preliminary information, parts of the skeleton were scattered around a rectangular wooden casket, which had been hidden under the floor of the cavernous room

The resident was probably some “outstanding personality, a great general,” head archaeologist Katerina Peristeri said.

Nearly whole statues and expansive mosaics have fascinated the team, which is slowly making its way through the mysterious tomb. While the luxury points to a final resting place for a significant person, the archaeologists on site still do not know to whom it belonged.

The finding of a skeleton was “a very significant find because it will help us learn the sex of the person buried there and possibly their estimated age,”

The tomb houses complicated mosaics including this one of the Rape of Persephone

Tomb fuels rumor

The tomb dates back to the time throughout which Alexander the Great ruled much of the nearby area. Born in 356 BC, the young king of Macedon launched a victorious military campaign through the Middle East, nearly into Asia to modern-day India, as well as into northeastern Africa.

Alexander the Great’s final resting place is assumed to be in Alexandria, Egypt. However, the findings of the current dig in northern Greece have re-fuelled rumor that perhaps he had been buried closer to his home after all.

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