Po hap kete teme rreth gjetjes se varrit te Lekes se Madh ku ka kohe qe po kerkohet dhe qeveria greke ka derguar dhe delegacione shteterore me arkeologe rreth kesaj ceshtjeje duke hedhur poshte cdo pretendim per cdo varr qe mendoheshe se ka qene i Aleksandrit.
Cfare dini rreth ketij varri, ku tjeter eshte kerkuar etj
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From: dwhite@sas.upenn.edu (David J. White)
Subject: Re: Alexander and poison (fwd)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 09:31:56 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Alexander and poison
I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the Siwa inscription
naming Alexander and poison is a fraud. It does not exist. The Greek delega-
tes from the Ministry of Culture saw a dedicatory inscription written on
an architrave of a building from the reign of Trajan. It named Artemidoros,
eparch of Egypt. There was no Alexander and no tomb.
Olga Palagia
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Subject: The "Tomb" of Alexander (fwd)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 08:01:58 -0500 (EST)
I thought I'd hiss a word of warning on the "Alexander Tomb" to you
all, in case you haven't seen this item in the New York Times on Monday (p.
8A):
"CAIRO, Feb. 5 - A high-level archaeological team from the Greek
Government, investigating claims that the tomb of Alexander the Great had
been discovered in Egypt's western desert, visited the site today and said
that they saw no evidence that the tomb had been found.
But Liana Souvaltzi, the archaeologist who announced last week that
she had found the tomb outside the oasis of Siwa, said on Saturday: "I have
no reservations. This is Alexander's tomb. There is no doubt."
She said the tomb was built in Macedonian style and that three
tablets uncovered at the site provided the archaeological proof.
One of the tablets, she said, was written by Alexander's lieutenant.
Ptolemy I, and affirmed a legend that Alexander had been poisoned. Another,
she said, was left by the Roman emperor Trajan, who she said had paid his
respects at the site.
But the Greek team, headed by the General Secretary of the Ministry
of Culture, George Thomas, said it was unclear if the structure she was
excavating was even a tomb.
He and members of the team said that the style of the complex was
not, as Mrs. Souvaltzi said, Macedonian. And they said that the fragments
of tablets they were shown did not support any of the translations she
provided as proof of her discovery.
The team members also said that the fragment they saw were from the
Roman period, some 300 years after the death of Alexander the Great.
"We are not sure if the complex is a tomb or temple," said Dr. Yanni
Tzedakis, the Director of Antiquities for the Greek Government, "although
there are elements of the Hellenistic period in the rubble. It appears,
however, to be from a later period."
Mrs. Souvaltzi has refused to allow the visiting team to read her
report on the excavations. She has also refused to brief the team on her
work. She gave no reason for her refusal to cooperate with the Greek
officials.
"The fact that the report on the excavations is not being shown to
us is curious," Dr. Tzedakis said. "She should present photos and plans,
along with details of the excavations to back up her claim. This is how it
is done in Greece."
Abdel-Halim Nureddin, chairman of the Egyptian Antiquities
Organization, who said earlier in the week that he supported the claim by
Mrs. Souvlatzi, now says he is less sure about the find.
"It is an important discovery," Mr. Noureddin said, "but we have to
be a bit careful. We must wait for further study and a reconsideration of
the text."
Mrs. Souvaltzi, who has an archaeological degree from the University
of Athens, has been excavating in the area around Siwa, 50 miles east of the
Libyan border, for the past four years.
The inscriptions on the tablets, broken into pieces, were translated
by Mrs. Souvaltzi's husband, who has no formal archaeological training. He
also provides the financing for her research.
Mrs. Souvaltzi, who says she has received mystical guidance in her
research, in part from snakes, has claimed in the past that this structure
was the tomb of Alexander. She wrote an article in an Egyptian magazine,
published by Cairo University three years ago, saying that the same
structure was the tomb of Alexander.
The report was dismissed at the time by senior archaeologists in
Egypt and Greece.
The Greek team said that the fragments of tablets they were shown
did not appear to support Mr. Souvaltzi's translations. They also said that
they did not see the eight-pointed Macedonian star Mrs. Souvaltzi says she
found on what she describes as the tomb.
"These inscriptions have nothing to do with the period of Ptolemy
I," Mr. Tzedakis said, "and they are very well dated. We did not see any of
the words they say were inscribed on the tablets, not Alexander, not
Ptolemy, not even the word poison."
Alexander, King of Macedonia, led his armies out of Greece in 334
B.C. at the age of 22 and conquered an empire that covered much of Asia and
the Middle East. Ancient texts indicate that, after his death in Babylon in
323 B.C. on a military campaign, his body was moved to Syria and then to
Egypt. But his final burial place remains a mystery.
About 570 B.C., the Pharaoh Amasis built a temple in Siwa to the god
Amun. The temple oracle was one of the most famous in antiquity and was
famed for being able to answer difficult question.
Alexander went to Siwa in 332 B.C. to see the oracle. The oracle,
according to legend, told Alexander he was divine and the son of Amun.
Ogden Goelet
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