'Art-a-Fact': Sphinxes in Greece

'Art-a-Fact'
Sphinxes in Greece
Oklahoma   Fall, 2014


Sphinxes Emerge From Huge Ancient Greek Tomb
AUG 21, 2014 BY ROSSELLA LORENZIhttp://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/sphinxes-emerge-from-huge-ancient-greek-tomb-140821.htm?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dnewsnewsletter#mkcpgn=emnws1

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Is Greece a mountain top survivor or a sub-culture of Egypt? This discovery strongly suggests that Eastern Studies is on target with the claim that Greece is a sub-culture of the oldest civilizations on the African continent. ES claims Greece is a collection of personas that created the historical data base known in the world today as Ancient History of Mankind. Greece being the monolith for religions and social orders. - kla

Two headless sphinxes emerged from a massive burial site in northern Greece as archaeologists began removing large stones from the tomb’s sealing wall.The headless, wingless 4.8-foot-high sphinxes each weigh about 1.5 tons and bear traces of red coloring on their feet. They would have been 6.5 feet high with their heads, the Greek Culture Ministry said in a statement.The statues are believed to have been placed there to guard the burial, which is the largest tomb ever uncovered in Greece.

The tomb dates back to around 325-300 B.C., at the end of the reign of warrior-king Alexander the Great. It lies in the ancient city of Amphipolis, in Greece’s northeastern Macedonia region about 65 miles from the country’s second-biggest city, Thessaloniki.

The city, an Athenian colony, was conquered by Philip II of Macedon, Alexander’s father, in 357 B.C. Prominent generals and admirals of Alexander had links with Amphipolis. It’s here that Alexander’s wife Roxana and his son Alexander IV were killed in 311 B.C. on the orders of his successor, King Cassander.