{
  "id": 13993449,
  "title": "Macedonian Tomb of Agios Athanasios in Agios Athanasios, Greece",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/macedonian-tomb-of-agios-athanasios-in-agios-athanasios-greece",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-12T16:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Atlas Obscura",
    "slug": "atlas-obscura",
    "url": "https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/macedonian-tomb-of-agios-athanasios"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Atlas Obscura reports on a remarkable discovery in Agios Athanasios, Greece, where a late 4th-century BC Macedonian tomb has been preserved within a concrete protective shell encased beneath a massive 12-metre-high burial mound. Despite the grave robbers who stripped the burial chamber of its gold, they left the tomb's spectacular fresco paintings untouched after 2,400 years. The tomb's facade is adorned with a striking pediment featuring golden-winged griffins, while below, a detailed symposium frieze captures a lively ancient banquet scene with six garlanded men reclining on couches, drinking wine, accompanied by female musicians. Flanking the heavy stone doorway are two life-sized, melancholic young guards standing as a permanent vigil.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}