ATHENS, Greece — A Greek archaeologist who has been leading a 20-year excavation in northern Greece said Thursday that he believed he had unearthed the tomb of Aristotle. A separate excavation in another part of northern Greece, Amphipolis, in 2014 led to the discovery of the largest ancient tomb ever found in the country. The tomb was in a structure unearthed in the ancient village of Stagira, where Aristotle was born, about 60 kilometres east of Thessaloniki. According to Sismanidis, the structure was a monument erected in Aristotle’s honour after his death in 322 B.C. In an address at a conference in Thessaloniki, Greece, commemorating the 2,400th anniversary of Aristotle’s birth, the archaeologist, Konstantinos Sismanidis, said he had “no proof but strong indications, as certain as one can be,” to support his claim.

Source: National Post May 27, 2016 09:07 UTC