Finding the tomb of the mother of Alexander the Great, the greatest of the Greek kings
Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great, who was missing during excavations in the Greek city of Korinos
The Greek newspaper "Greg City Times" reported that Greek professor and archaeologist Athanasius Peidas provided evidence that this is indeed the burial place of the wife of King Philip II of Macedonia, which can be considered a miniature copy of the tomb of her son Alexander the Great.
Piedas said he was "certain" that this was the tomb of Princess Olympias because "in the spring of 316 B.C., after a seven-month siege in the ancient Greek city of Pedna, Olympias, wife of Philip, surrendered to Cassandra, daughter of Priam of Troy, who considered her an enemy of the homeland and did not give her the right to testified during a show trial. She was killed and buried far from the urban area of Yadina."
What constitutes additional evidence for this was the marble chest containing her bones, in addition to the position of the head facing east, indicating this tomb belongs to a high-ranking woman.
This was a common way to bury women of royal origin at the time.
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