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Tomb of Alexander of Macedonia?
The blog Belgrade City Magazine published a story about the most sensational discovery that will change the course of history, finding the tomb of Alexander of Macedon. Is it speculation or not, hopefully you'll learn naskoro.Pri reconstruction Visje border crossing between Macedonia and Greece, workers from the construction company Bild, has a Resolve of the greatest mysteries of ancient times. Until this discovery came during otkopuvanjeto the geodetic markers, followed by a decision of building inspection is started with additional drainage on the ground. Needed to be dug up a rock to be able to continue to survey the field. Mon povekjechasoven labor and mechanization using the rock was finally moved, after which the daylight in January saw a large granite slab. Assuming that it is buried Turkish gold bageristot Angel Trajkovski in agreement with colleagues proceeded to lift the ground, for a less than two hours turned out that in fact it is a scaled marble building long 30 and 4 meters wide. Vkopuvajkji with dredge deeper somewhere at a depth of four feet, found the entrance of the mausoleum was Alexander of Macedon. Sun immediately went out and field director of the General Inspectorate of the Republic of Macedonia Goce Michevski and soon it done and two teams of archaeologists from the National Museum of Skopje. The spot showed it was found that building a tunnel that leads to oblizhnoto Bojchik hill. The tunnel is about 140 meters long and is covered with thick black marble slabs around a metar.Na entrance of the tunnel, archaeologists have met a huge stone block fits perfectly into the edges of the hall, which was moved even late at night and so he was in izbutkan Inside the next room. The block is beyond erasing the image of the god Apollo carriage that pulled swans and relief over the Ionian dialect of ancient Greek language is written Hiperboreja (Υπερβορεία). It as reported, represent a clear sign that behind the wall lies something very meaningful. What was found inside a completely safe, in the words of the responsible people, will begin a new chapter in istorijata.Vnatreshnosta the next room, which turned out to be the tomb of Alexander the Macedonian, is located some twenty feet below the surface of the slopes of Bojchik. As well as the hallway walls are made of granite blocks that are covered with mosaics from the campaigns of Alexander. In addition, the interior has eight poles carrying the image of the god Atlas who rely on the ceiling of the room, known as karijatidi. In the center of the room is a stone crypt that also the ion variant of ancient Greek language is vklesano Megas Alexandros (Μέγας Aλέξανδρος) or Alexander the Great. On the left and the right side of the crypt stands one karijatida Atlas, while the rest are distributed by the corners. In the tomb were found bones of human skeletons osunaeset that according odora soldier, believed to belong to the personal guard of Alexander. It is assumed that these people remained alive in the tomb, the inside to close approach to it izbutkuvajkji the stone block at the entrance of tunelot.Direktorot the State Inspectorate of the Republic of Macedonia, as well as experts from the National Museum, in their joint statement declared that the only in the crypt was found quite well preserved skeleton in full combat gear with a golden bronze armor with a shield and a mask which was engraved the name Alexander. The journalists were then told that in the afternoon will be held a press conference which will be explained in more detail the results of this discovery. Statements but came only from workers who are actually Credits for this otkritie.Vasil Delchev (surveyor): I needed to make additional drainage on the ground because the site is located adjacent to Lake Forest. Before that we had to find moisture on the ground. Already in the removal of the second probe found the problem, we could not enter the country deeper than one meter. We thought it was a stone unearthed so I continue to work, and op chudo.Todor Pavlov (bagerist): You know all my ancestors were born here in Mitkovski, and my father and my grandfather, all. Nobody even dreamed that we pull plow here. What to say except that I'm proud that I was born here and that we really found the tomb of Alexander the Macedonian.
