Photos, news and map of the great Tomb in Amphipolis, Greece
The second chamber, the one behind the two Caryatids, is 4,5 meters wide and 3,0 meters long. The chamber floor is covered with a pictorial mosaic in glorious colors and detail.
Date: 12/2014 source: ΥΠΠΟ
Date: 12/2014 source: ΥΠΠΟ
Date: 12/2014 source: ΥΠΠΟ
The restoration of the 7 architraves, found in the 2nd Chamber, is under development and the good news is that some figures have appeared. The photo shows an animal in the middle, maybe a bull, along with with a man (left) and a woman (right).
Date: 12/2012 source: ΥΠΠΟ
Persephone is shown with golden-red hair and wearing a white tunic with a thin red ribbon tied at her waist. She is also shown with a bracelet on her left wrist.
Date: 10/2014 source: ΥΠΠΟ
Date: 10/2014 source: ΥΠΠΟ
The dimension of the mosaic floor is 4,5m width and 3,0m high.
Date: 10/2014 source: ΥΠΠΟ
The mosaic covers the entire floor surface of the 2nd Chamber. The mosaic is in white, black, grey, blue, red and yellow and shows a chariot pulled by two white horses and two male figures. The Charioteer is a bearded man with a laurel wreath upon his head. Running ahead of the Chariot, is Hermes, the guide to the under world. The floor has an area [circular] of restorable damage.
Date: 10/2014 source: ΥΠΠΟ
Above the mosaic floor we can see the doorway and threshold that leads to the 3rd Chamber. Seen is the damaged portion of the mosaic floor that is about 80 centimetres in diameter. Many of the loose pieces have been found within the soil and will be restored to the mosaic.
Date: 10/2014 source: ΥΠΠΟ
The Greek God Hermes is shown leading, for he is the traditional guide to the spirits of the dead, into the underworld of Hades.
Date: 10/2014 source: ΥΠΠΟ
Date: 10/2014 source: ΥΠΠΟ
Shown in detail is the mosaic figures of the horses.
Date: 10/2014 source: ΥΠΠΟ
Shown in detail above the Wave motif is the decorative Greek Key border also called a Meander [Meandros] which is a pattern of interlocking right-angled spirals.
Date: 10/2014 source: ΥΠΠΟ
There is a hole everyone is concerned about. The Ministry of Culture reports that the missing stones were either removed or have never existed (maybe it was planned by the architect, Deinokratis ?). It is suggested that this hole was left open after of the filling and sealing of this chamber.
Date: 8/2014 source: ΥΠΠΟ