The Tomb of Amphipolis is among the Top 10 Discoveries of 2014 according to Archaeology magazine of Archaeological Institute of America.

According to the magazine, the trail to the Amphipolis excavation can be traced 40 years ago, when archaeologist Dimitris Lazaridis turned his attention to an enormous mound called the Hill of Kasta, which he believed contained a tomb or funerary monument of tremendous importance. Lazaridis’ work soon took him elsewhere, and archaeologists didn’t return to Kasta until 2012, when they began to expose the 1,500 feet of marble and limestone walls encircling the mound. This past summer the team found the entrance to the extraordinary monument Lazaridis suspected was there from the start. Work at the site is ongoing, but thus far archaeologists have uncovered a large entranceway guarded by marble sphinxes and three separate chambers.

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