The Lion of Amphipolis

Near Amphipolis Greece are important Macedonian tombs that were there long before St Paul walked on the Vis Egnatia to Thessaloniki (Acts 17:1) The Kasta tomb is not yet open to the public (although we did make an aborted attempt to go down the rutted dirt road that leads to the huge burial mound - clearly not ready for tourism!).

Also near by is the Lion of Amphipolis - an enormous funeral monument that was originally set atop the Kasta tomb on a pedestal 4 times the height of the one in the picture.