Greece archaeologists uncover Amphipolis floor mosaic (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

Archaeologists unearthing a huge ancient burial site at Amphipolis in northern Greece have uncovered a large floor mosaic.

The mosaic - 3m (10ft) wide and 4.5m (15ft) long - depicts a man with a laurel wreath driving a chariot drawn by horses and led by the god Hermes.

The burial site is said to be the largest ever found in Greece.

It dates from the late 4th Century BC, spurring speculation that it is linked to Alexander the Great of Macedon.

Archaeologists started digging in August and think the magnificence of the tomb means it was built for someone very important.



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[MADem]

1. Very cool.....

That horse reminds me of Craig Ferguson's "Secretariat" with the rather surprised eyes!!!

[NV Whino]

2. It doesn't depict Xena?

[Scootaloo]

5. I know! So much disappointment.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. You don't suppose that big gaping hole in the center was caused

by modern machinery, do you?

[Rod Beauvex]

6. Maybe.

That or leftovers from an ancient cat.

[calimary]

7. ROFL!!!!!!!

If that's it, the smell would probably still be there. Cats have STRENGTH!!!

[Hissyspit]

4. This is a big deal.

We don't have much of any wall painting from Ancient Greece.

[jwirr]

8. Okay. Is it possible that this is the grave of Alexander the Great? Is that what they are saying.

[NV Whino]

9. It's rumored to be Alexander's daddy.

I don't mean to make light of this. It's a tremendous discovery.

[jwirr]

10. No matter who it is it is a tremendous find. I love history and all of this kinds of stuff.

[Glorfindel]

11. A wonderful scene from the movie "Cleopatra"

Julius Caesar and Cleopatra at the tomb of Alexander the Great in (naturally) Alexandria, Egypt

[Hestia]

12. It's Helios who was the Sun God in pre-Hellenic times; Zeus wrested controlled of the Gods

from the Titans (it's not all Percy Jackson) and brought forth the Hellenistic period, i.e., patriarchy. Helios and Goddesses ruled the day and night in their time and after the fall of the Titans, Goddesses were demoted to almost afterthoughts other than Demeter & Cybele. When you rule the Mysteries you can't be suppressed.

[aquart]

13. Hellenic.

Hellenistic was the pitiful imitation in Christian times.I think. ( Yes, because Hellenistic heretical Thomas Christians fled Asia Minor and ended up in China where the emperor set up a shrine for them.)

[wolfie001]

14. Hate to be pedantic but......

.....from Wikipedia: 'The Hellenistic period is the period of ancient Greek and eastern Mediterranean history between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC[1] and the subsequent conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt in 30 BC.' The artwork (esp. sculpture) was very expressive.

[aquart]

15. Uh huh. Hellenistic was the Wish-I-could-be-just-like-the-ancient-Greeks who were anybody's dishrags

By then. You want real Greek glory, talk Hellenic.

Alexander, for instance, was a Macedonian barbarian, not a Greek.

I dunno about Alexander conquering the Ptolemies. He put them in power and they lasted till Roman Empire times...Caesar/Cleopatra, Antony/Cleopatra... so the Thomas Christians were Hellenistic, not Hellenic. Argue with my 1960s Britannica.