The occupant of the magnificent monument on the hill of Casta of Amphipolis, is Olympiada, the mother of Alexander the Great, claims an American writer and researcher.
A new view on who ultimately is the occupant of the impressive tomb in Amphipolis, expresses the American researcher and author Andrew Chang.
"It simply came to our notice then. There is a 50% probability that it is the tomb of the mother of Alexander the Great, Olympias. Otherwise, whether it is Roxane or another female member of the royal family, "Andrew Chang, an internationally renowned researcher and scholar of the history of the Macedonian Kingdom, told Ethnos on Sunday about the tomb of Amphipolis.
"I personally estimate that the queen of the Macedonians is buried in Amphipolis," he says characteristically. He explains that the view he expressed in the scientific journal Discovery that the Caryatids represent Clodons - priestesses of Dionysus - is based on their rare features (they seem to have a basket on their head and folds show that they carry a backpack) and are copies of corresponding sculptures of the 4th century e.g.
According to Plutarch, Olympiada participated in Orphic and Dionysian ceremonies. The researcher also estimates that the Sphinxes were probably a symbol of the female members of the royal family as they have been found on two thrones of queens of the Macedonian Period - one of whom, the grandmother of Alexander the Great, Eurydice - have been discovered in Vergina.