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[Alexander Rubin]

Very very cool.

[toothfairy86]

Hmmmmm, I wonder if those are my long lost ancestors. Did they leave me anything?

[eleni121]

Note: Alexander the Great is not buried in Greece, but was buried most likely in Alexandria by Ptolemy II.

[Verginius Rufus]

Pella is about 55 miles NW of Thessalonica and was the birthplace of Alexander the Great. Some very impressive mosaics were uncovered by archaeologists there several decades ago.

The most spectacular Macedonian tombs have been found at Vergina, which is about 55 miles S/SW of Pella...one of them is thought by some people to be the tomb of Philip II, but other scholars think it was the tomb of a later member of the ruling house (perhaps Philip Arrhidaeus, the half-brother of Alexander the Great). Alexander himself, of course, was not buried in Macedonia, since Ptolemy hijacked the sarcophagus and had him buried in Alexandria.

[SuzyQue]

On the same subject, but another set of tombs, the video for the newly discovered Pharaonic tomb can be seen here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4700032.stm

[Polybius]

Greek tomb find excites experts

Well, you know, they had been digging for three months straight without any female companionship and ......

[blam]

Over here.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks fanfan.

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[SunkenCiv]

Greeks find largest Macedonian tomb of nobles
Reuters via Yahoo | Sun Feb 12, 2006 | Deborah Kyvrikosaios
Posted on 02/12/2006 9:55:49 AM PST by Pharmboy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1577086/posts