Architectural elements emerge at Amphipolis tomb

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.

Below the base of the Sphinxes, the upper portion of the marble doorway, covered with
 a fresco imitating an Ionic architrave is decorated with red, blue and black...



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