Hellenistic Era Grave at Amphipolis.

[rickinator9]

Do we know where Philip III is buried? He is another candidate otherwise since he and his wife might have died in Amphipolis(they were captured there) at Olympias' hand.

[kdrakak]

Do we know where Philip III is buried? He is another candidate otherwise since he and his wife might have died in Amphipolis(they were captured there) at Olympias' hand.

That's a good one.

[V.T. Marvin]

That was my idea/wish as well, not because of Philip, but I quite like Eurydike.

Possibly they eventually got proper royal burial once Olympias was finally disposed of by Cassander.

[kdrakak]

The latest update from the archaeologists is that based on its spacial setup this grave is probably a general's... perhaps Nearchos (ok... an admiral not a general).

[Crandar]

Well, the fact that the tomb was built be Deinocrates, an architect of Alexander III and that the lion of Amphpolis was probably above it, limits the number of suspects to males having lived between 325 B.C. and 300 B.C.

In my opinion, being the tomb of aroyal dynasty's member (Argeiads or Antipatrids) is unlikely, as there is no reason why they should not have been buried in more glamourous places, like Pella or Aigae.

Being the tomb of Nearchus (an admiral of Alexander III, former resident of Amphipolis, known as an explorer of the Persian Gulf and last heard as an advisor of Demetrius the Sieger, in 311 B.C.) or Laomedon (another naval commander of Alexander III, explorer of the Indus river and satrap of Syria, whose name was linked to the lion of Amphipolis) seems much more probable.