GREEKS HOPING HUGE TOMB IN MACEDONIA IS THAT OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT

THE Greek Prime Minister has announced the discovery of a tomb that many are claiming – or hoping – belongs to Alexander the Great.

More details will come in the next couple of weeks, but the massive burial site has been uncovered in the area of Amphipolis in the Macedonia region of Northern Greece.

Experts will only say it "belonged to an important figure dating back to the last quarter of the 4th Century BC", according to the BBC.

Lead archaeologist Katerina Peristeri confirmed it "certainly dated from after the death of Alexander the Great", in Babylon in 323 BC. 

However, the broader opinion is that Alexander was buried in Egypt and that the Amphipolis tomb is more likely to belong to one of his favoured generals.

Earlier this year, a Polish team of archaeologists claimed they may have found the TOMB OF ALEXANDER in Alexandria, Egypt.

In the modern Religion of Antinous, Alexander is a SAINT OF ANTINOUS for being an example of the greatness of homosexuality.

Alexander assumed the Grecian throne at the age of 20 when his father was assassinated. Before he died 13 years later, he had built an empire that stretched from the Danube across Persia almost to India.

The Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, said only of the find that it was "especially significant".

"The land of Macedonia continues to move and surprise us, revealing its unique treasures, which combine to form the unique mosaic of Greek history of which all Greeks are very proud," he said.

Here's what's known about the burial mound so far:

• The large mound complex has so far taken two years to unearth at the Kasta hill site.
• It’s 10 times bigger than that of Alexander’s father, Philip II of Macedon.
• It’s nearly 500m long and made of marble imported from the nearby island of Thassos.
• There are claims it was made by Alexander’s close architect friend, Dinocrates.