That’s about the latest fact that has
transpired: five people have been buried at the Amphipolis/Kasta Hill
tomb. According to the latest announcement made by the Greek Ministry of
Culture, there were four burials here and one cremated body.
It has been determined that the remains are
those of a woman approximately 60 years old (not exactly what was mentioned
before), two men of 30-45 years and a newborn baby; the cremated remains are
those of an adult who was incinerated prior to the death of the other four
occupants of the tomb. DNA tests will have to establish whether there is any
family relation, although that will be more difficult with the cremated person
for whom the tomb was initially built.
Once again speculations are flaring up, hoping
to attribute the bones of the woman to Queen
Olympias and to identify the two male skeletons as sons of Cassander,
one of which was murdered. For the cremated body or the infant no suggestions
have been put forward. However the skeleton of the woman shows no sign of
stoning which caused Olympias’
death. The youngest of the males probably was murdered with a knife.
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