The team of archaeologists working at the tomb of Amphipolis in northern Greece have unearthed the missing head of a Sphinx “guarding” the tomb’s entrance, the Greek culture ministry announced on Tuesday evening.
The head, made of the marble, is intact with a slight fracture on the noise, the ministry said in a written statement, describing it as “as sculpture of exquisite art”. Its length is 60 cm. Archaeologist also said they found fragments of the Sphinx’s wings.
The find follows last week’s discovery of an intricate floor mosaic depicting a bearded horseman with a laurel wreath driving a chariot led by the god Hermes.
The burial site in Amphipolis, discovered in August, is, reportedly, the largest tomb ever revealed in Greece.