According to the latest reports, the skeleton that was discovered in Amphipolis tomb almost a month ago, belongs to a woman who was around 54 years old when she passed away.

Moreover, the fact that the skeleton’s bones of the pelvic area were shattered supports the theory that the mysterious occupant of the tomb is in fact Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great, who was stoned to death in Pydna at Cassander’s order in 316 BC.

The above reports were based on the statements of archaeologists, who have dated the findings in the tomb as well as the skeletal remains and have arrived in this conclusion.

Furthermore, according to information published by amfipolinews.blogspot.gr, the excavation will be continued on the side of the tomb’s second entrance, where a series of chambers were discovered.

Responding to the recent media reports about the skeleton, the Ministry of Culture has issued a statement, according to which all scenarios about the identity of the tomb’s occupant are unsubstantiated.

More specifically, the Ministry of Culture underlined that a multidisciplinary team, composed of scientists from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Democritus University of Thrace, has been commissioned to study the skeletal material found in the fourth chamber of the burial monument at Kasta Hill.

The analysis of this material is part of a broader research program, which includes the holistic approach of a sample of approximately three hundred skeletons, coming from the broader area of Amphipolis, covering a period from 1000 BC-200 BC.

The results -such as sex, age, stature- from the macroscopic study of the skeletal material found in the fourth chamber of the burial complex, will be announced in January, the Ministry stresses, adding that the complete results will be available after twenty months.