Foreign Media has shown great interest in the latest findings in the Ancient Amphipolis tomb. The mosaic found was presented at most large media around the world.
NBC news called the mosaic a “surprise”, using the phrase “The Holy Hermes! Mosaic Revealed in Greece's Amphipolis Tomb”
Greek Tomb Mural Depicts Abduction of Persephone, writes Discovery website.
“Queen of the Underworld's Abduction Revealed in Ancient Greek Mosaic”, Livescience reports.
The French news agency mentions that the “Greek mosaic that was revealed at a tomb that dates back to the era of Alexander the Great, shows the abduction of Underworld goddess Persephone”.
“Greek myth mosaic uncovered in Amphipolis, archaeologists uncovered a floor mosaic in an ancient Greek tomb depicting the abduction of underworld goddess Persephone”, ABCnews reports.
The General Secretary of the Ministry of Culture, Lena Mendoni and the head of the excavation work, archaeologist Katerina Peristeri, made fresh revelations on the progress of the excavations in Kasta Hill at Ancient Amphipolis.
In a regular press conference, made by press officer Anna Panagiotarea, Mendoni and Peristeri, the general secretary of the Ministry of Culture said that the scene of the abduction of Persephone "shows" at archaeologists that the mysterious occupant of the tomb is a member of the Macedonian royal family.
"We have also found the scene of the abduction of Persephone in the mural of the so-called tomb of Persephone at the royal cemetery at Vergina. We have a second display of Pluto and Persephone, in a sacred marriage scene at the backrest of the marble throne found at the tomb of Eurydice, mother of Philip, in Aeges. The scenes are linked with the cults of the underworld, the Orphic cult-descent into Hades and the Dionysian rites. The leader of the Macedon family was always the arch-priest of these cults.
Moreover, the head of the excavation of the Kasta tomb at Ancient Amphipolis, Katerina Peristeri, she said that:
"We are very happy to have found such an amazing tomb, a really great burial complex, and even more proud and happy to have found a mosaic, which is unique. The mosaic dates back to the last quarter of the 4th century BC, with a unique scene which depicts the soul-escorting Mercury, Pluto and Persephone. It is definitely the work of a great artist and it is a safe assumption to make that it is the tomb of a very important personality. "
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