Amphipolis Research Will Take Months

News November 17, 2014

(The Greek Ministry of Culture)
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(The Greek Ministry of Culture)

AMPHIPOLIS, GREECE—Lina Mendoni of the Greek Culture Ministry announced that most of the field work at the Amphipolis tomb has been completed, but archaeologists have plenty of work to do to analyze what they have found. For example, it could take more than eight months to complete tests on the human remains. According to a report in eKathimerini, the research has not yet been assigned to a university or other organization. To read about the search for Alexander the Great's tomb, see "In Search of History's Lost Rulers."

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