Ancient Greek tomb dig finds marble statues

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Ancient Greek tomb dig finds marble statues

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ancient-greek-tomb-dig-finds-marble-statues-173224082.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DclarkXxqldODp434VQEbA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/70e3b0e5c7b367235f0f6a7067005aa5.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo released on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014 by the Greek Culture Ministry, excavation staff work between two approximately life-sized female statues on a wall leading to a yet unexplored inner room of a huge underground ancient tomb, in Amphipolis, northern Greece. The tomb dates between 325 B.C. â€" two years before the death of ancient Greek warrior-king Alexander the Great â€" and 300 B.C. Archaeologists have also discovered two large marble sphinxes on the facade of the barrel-vaulted tomb, which was originally topped by a marble lion on a high plinth. It is not yet known who the tomb was built for, although Alexander himself was buried in Egypt. (AP Photo/Culture Ministry)" align="left" title="In this photo released on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014 by the Greek Culture Ministry, excavation staff work between two approximately life-sized female statues on a wall leading to a yet unexplored inner room of a huge underground ancient tomb, in Amphipolis, northern Greece. The tomb dates between 325 B.C. â€" two years before the death of ancient Greek warrior-king Alexander the Great â€" and 300 B.C. Archaeologists have also discovered two large marble sphinxes on the facade of the barrel-vaulted tomb, which was originally topped by a marble lion on a high plinth. It is not yet known who the tomb was built for, although Alexander himself was buried in Egypt. (AP Photo/Culture Ministry)" border="0" /></a>ATHENS, Greece (AP) â€" Archaeologists inching through a large 2,300-year-old tomb in northern Greece on Thursday uncovered two marble female statues flanking the entrance to one of three underground chambers, in another sign of the unusual attention and expense lavished on the unknown person buried there.</p><br clear="all"/>

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