A tomb that many believe was intended for Alexander the Great is starting to yield its secrets half a century after it was discovered.
Finds from the burial chambers at Amphipolis, including a remarkable hoard of mosaics and sculptures, were unveiled by archaeologists at the Ministry of Culture in Athens yesterday (29 Nov).
Among the discoveries made at the 2,300-year-old site is a floor mosaic showing the abduction of Zeus’s daughter Persephone, the goddess of spring, by Pluto, Lord of the Underworld.
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