Dorothy King: Major Revelations at Amphipolis on the way - Macedonia is Greece!

While speaking to the Ethnos newspaper at the weekend, well known archaeologist Dorothy King said she believes that Amphipolis’ mysterious “occupant” is Hephaestion –Alexander the Great’s childhood friend and general. In the exclusive interview, King said that if she is asked she would be willing to help in the excavations in Amphipolis  and also added that she believes the Greek archaeologists are going to continue to make amazing discoveries at Kasta Hill.

She also said that everything unearthed up to now from the tomb’s colossal size, to its unusual décor, points to the fact that Alexander the Great himself ordered that the tomb be built.

Pointing to ancient sources, she said that chronologically, and in terms of social status, there are only two candidates that could have been entombed in Amphipolis: Hephaestion and Alexander the Great.

     “All sources agree that Alexander’s body was transferred to Alexandria, so the only one left is Hephaestion” she told the paper.

Quite surprisingly, King also took the opportunity to express her views on the FYROM name issue, noting  that the ancient Macedonians did conquer Skopje but they also conquered countries such as Iran and Afghanistan.

     “Those two countries do not claim that this makes them Macedonians” she said and added that Amphipolis is in Macedonia, Vergina is in Macedonia and Macedonia is in Greece.

She added that saying otherwise is as ridiculous as supporting that Jesus went to America.

Source: Ethnos