A new doorway discovered inside the ancient tomb at Amphipolis is considered to be a possible fourth entry to the tomb. The entrance was discovered after random checking in specific points of the north wall of the 3rd chamber and is considered a critical discovery.

This new finding reveals two major differences from the earlier findings. Firstly, this new entry is smaller in width than the earlier ones. Secondly, the new entry appears different to the other entrances in the relevant photos released by the Ministry of Culture in that it is shifted towards the left and not in the center of the fourth wall.

The distance between the two Caryatid statues and the sphinx guards are twice the size in width as they are 1.68 meters apart, compared to this new opening that is 0.96 meters wide and 1.68 meters high. This new finding confirms lead archaeologist Katerina Peristeri’s inference that the road to the main burial chamber will be a long one.

Statements made by the Ministry of Culture are carefully worded. For instance, the fourth wall hasn’t been referred to as a “diaphragmatic” wall as in previous announcements but as the “north wall of the third area”. Furthermore, architect Michalis Lefantzis has added an abstract fourth wall. The design of the third chamber shows an opening at the right section of the third wall – a “hole” such as those of previous walls – only this time it is at the opposite side and is larger.