Dorotthy King: Amphipolis markings, Alexander's or Antipatrus'

Ms King has her own theory about the mystery surrounding the site, commenting on the nature of the marks and the new data brought forth by the latest finds.

Ms King notes that: “Mrs Medoni confirmed that the marks were made by masons not by accident, and that obviously the archaeologists were aware of them!”

But things get a little complicated after that when she notes that “There is a difference between marks made by masons and "mason's marks" ...” What complicates things further is that “Although a number of Greek buildings have letters on them loosely termed "mason's marks" that term is itself controversial and there are huge discussions going on between academics about what they were.”
“Also, "mason's marks" if they are used to located blocks in different areas of a monument are more likely to vary: eg Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta etc.” she states.

Now the letters the American archeologist has spotted “in the photographs of Amphipolis seem to be Alphas or variations on Alphas.”

Sehe dismisses the idea that they may be guides for the builders to put the blocks in the right place, believing that “when all the letters seem to be the same, it is far more likely to be a monogram.”

Taking this a bit further she says that although “monograms on blocks are less common, there are very similar ones of Antigonus at Troy, and as I have noted before, the temple they are on was the one Alexander the Great requested in his will.”

Ms King dotes on the fact that if they are monograms they might be “of Alexander the Great or of Antigonus, and I'm not even sure if they are all the same monogram or a couple of different ones. Antigonus would be amazing as it would mean he finished the tomb, the same way he tried to fulfill Alexander's wishes at Troy.”

See the whole blog here: http://phdiva.blogspot.gr/2014/10/amphipolis-marks-spot.html