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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 14-08-22
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[01] Painted architectural parts emerge from Kasta Tumulus in Amphipolis
[01] Painted architectural parts emerge from Kasta Tumulus in Amphipolis
ANA-MPA - Most of the earth around the two sphinxes found under an
apse at the Kasta Tumulus in Amphipolis has been removed, the Culture
ministry announced on Thursday, revealing the upper register of a marble
lintel with frescoes under the base of the sphinxes.
The lintel mimics an Ionic lintel (epistyle) in paint, including the
colours red, blue and black. It rests on two Ionic capitals, also painted
with the same colours, crowning the pillasters that form the door frame.
The archaeological service is continuing the removal of the earth around
the apse and the stones of the protecting wall below it, while Friday's
work will include stabilising Thursday's findings.
Earlier on Thursday, Culture Minister Constantinos Tasoulas confirmed
that parts of the wings of the sphinxes were found, adding that the
excavation works continue and may take two weeks or more before drawing
definite conclusions.
[Photo from an earlier phase of excavations, before the earth was
cleared away]
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