Sphinxes at Amphipolis tomb revealed

State archaeologists on Wednesday continued their painstaking work at the site of Ancient Amphipolis, in central Macedonia, removing large stones from the entrance to a huge tomb there and revealing two headless sphinxes believed to have been placed there to guard the massive burial site.

The headleass sphinxes carved from Thassos marble revealed [Credit: Press Office 
Ministry of Culture and Sport]The two sphinxes, which apart...



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