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The Penn Museum will host an exclusive exhibition titled 'The Golden Age of King Midas,' featuring a spectacular array of specially-loaned ancient artifacts from TurkeyAn exhibition titled "The Golden Age of King Midas," featuring ancient artifacts from the era of King Midas, will be displayed at the University of Pennsylvania Museum between Feb. 13 and Nov. 27.  

The top researchers at the excavation at the Kasta Tumulus site in northern Greece, better known as Amphipolis, on Wednesday pointed directly to a massive monument commissioned by Alexander the Great for Hephaestion, one of his closest associates and a childhood friend.

Politics in Greece is said to permeate practically every sector, and as such, archaeology is no exception. The latest political “tit-for-tat” comes after criticism by the leftist “Avgi” newspaper — which is affiliated with ruling SYRIZA party — over excavations at the Amphipolis site of northern Greece.

A Phrygian tomb unearthed at the ancient Gordion site in Ankara's Polatl? is believed to provide detailed information about the region in its era A wooden tomb, which has been unearthed in the ancient city of Gordion, the capital of Phrygia, in Ankara's Polatl? district, will shed light on the history of the region, according to officials. 

A power plant company that holds the right to extract coal from a mine located under Turkey's Neolithic Seyitömer tumulus wants to halt excavations on the site for the sake of coal. 

The Seyitömer tumulus, located in the western province of Kütahya, could be sacrificed for coal from a mine lying underneath the tumulus.

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By Costas Kantouris

A geologist who took part in the excavation of the ancient burial mound in Amphipolis in northern Greece says the ancient tomb found together with a series of vaulted rooms wasn't built at the same time, but somewhat later than the rooms themselves.

Italian archaeologist and art historian Antonio Corso is considered an expert in ancient Greek sculptures. In an interview to protothema.gr he provides his theory, backed by evidence, on the Amphipolis complex.

The tumulus lies in northern Greece’s Macedonia province, east of the city of Thessaloniki and nearer to the town of Serres.

Coins featuring the face of Alexander the Great have been found at the largest tomb ever unearthed in Greece, where archaeologists are hunting for clues to solve the mystery of who lies buried there.
      
The enormous tomb at Amphipolis in northern Greece dates back to the fourth century BC and contains near-intact sculptures and intricate mosaics.
      

By Costas Kantouris

Scientists have opened the second phase of their excavation of the vast 4th-century BC burial mound in Amphipolis town in search of more tombs and bodies.

The first search of the site, which was built shortly after Alexander the Great's death, discovered and dug up a tomb containing a skeleton.