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Amphipolis aquaductTower of MarmariAmphipolis wallsAmphipolis wallsAmphipolis basilicaAmphipolis LionAmphipolis basilicaAmphipolis basilicaWooden bridge siteAmphipolis gymansiumAmphipolis gymansiumAmphipolis villaMacedonian Tomb

Location:

  • Greece, Néa Mesolakkiá
  • geo:40.839695,23.863306
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -330~ / unknown

Class:

  • Grave or burial field
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=22979

Annotations

The Kasta Hill Tomb was date back to tha Macedonian period. Recently archaeologists and historians have confirmed that the tomb belongs to the era of Alexander the Great and was dedicated to Hephaestion, best friend and fellow soldier of Alexander the Great.

  1.  Dimitrios S. Dendrinos, On the"HFAISTION at Kasta Hill' hypothesis”.The Three Phases of a 7-year Saga regarding an ambitious“System of Monuments”at Amphipolis, Followed by a personal account and commentary on certain associated issues, 2015 - https://www.academia.edu/14138924
  2. Dimitrios S. Dendrinos, On the Tumulus at Amphipolis, 2015 - https://www.academia.edu/14138924
  3. Sheer archaeoastronomy in the Kastas tomb of Amphipolis.pdf - https://www.academia.edu/2840449                                                                                                                                                                          
  4. http://amphipolis.gr/en/video-%ce%b5%cf%81%ce%b5%cf%85%ce%bd%cf%8e%ce%bd%cf%84%ce%b1%cf%82-%cf%84%ce%bf%ce%bd-%cf%84%cf%8d%ce%bc%ce%b2%ce%bf-%ce%ba%ce%b1%cf%83%cf%84%ce%ac-%ce%b1%ce%bc%cf%86%ce%af%cf%80%ce%bf%ce%bb/
  5. http://www.theamphipolistomb.com/
  6. http://www.amfipolis.com/amphipolis-news/

Nearby

Amphipolis, Tomb III

Amfipoli - Macedonian tomb III.

Amphipolis, Necropolis

Hellenistic Cemetery.

Mesolakia Tumulus (1 km)

Macedonian Tomb Mesolakia.


This object was added by Elżbieta on 2015-10-21. Last update by Lucius on 2026-01-09. Persistent URI: http://vici.org/vici/22979 . Download as RDF/XML, KML.
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