Kasta Tomb

Kasta Tomb

Τύμβος Καστά[1]
3D representation of the tomb structure
Location within Greece
Alternative name	Amphipolis Tomb (Τάφος της Αμφίπολης)
Location	Amphipolis
Region	Central Macedonia, Greece
Coordinates	40°50′23″N 23°51′48″E / 40.83972°N 23.86333°E / 40.83972; 23.86333
Type	Macedonian tomb
History
Founded	Late 4th century BC[1]
Periods	Hellenistic
Associated with	Hephaestion
Site notes
Excavation dates	1964–present[2]
Archaeologists	Katerina Peristeri (Κατερίνα Περιστέρη)
Public access	Not accessible, excavations still under way

The Kasta Tomb (Greek: Τύμβος Καστά), also known as the Amphipolis Tomb (Greek: Τάφος της Αμφίπολης), is the largest ancient tumulus (burial mound) ever discovered in Greece, and by comparison dwarfs that of Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great, in Vergina.^[2][3]

It is an ancient Macedonian tomb of the last quarter of the 4th c. BC, and is enclosed in the Kasta mound near the ancient city of Amphipolis, Central Macedonia, in northern Greece. The first excavations at the mound in 1964 led to exposure of the perimeter wall, and further excavations in the 1970s uncovered many other ancient remains.^[4] The inner tomb was first discovered in 2012 and entered in August 2014.^[2]

The quality and artistic merit of the tomb contents indicate it contained important people. The remains of five people were found in the tomb.