Mr Sismanidis said the structure unearthed in the ruins of Stageira, 43 miles east of Thessaloniki, was once a public monument where Aristotle was honored after his death. Aristotle’s tomb has been discoverd at the ancient Stagira in central Macedonia. The structure has been known for twenty years, but only now do archaeologists believe they have enough proof to claim that this is indeed the tomb of Aristotle.
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“I have no hard proof, but strong indications lead me to nearly certainty”, archaeologist Kostas Sismanidis told ZME Science.
Almost 2,400 years after his death, archaeologists believe they’ve finally found the tomb of the great Greek philosopher Aristotle, Raw Story reports.
Konstantinos Sismanidis, the archaeologist who excavated the find, announced the discovery at a conference in Thessalonica. However, two literary sources pointed archaeologists to Stagira, where Aristotle’s ashes may have later been transferred.
But archaeologists say evidence suggests the tomb was hastily constructed and later finished with higher quality materials.
Outside the tomb, there is an altar and a square-shaped floor – presumably placed there for people to pray for Aristotle.
There also appears to be a pathway leading up to the tomb’s entrance, which was probably there for those that wished to pay their respects.
Other findings included ceramics from the royal pottery workshops and fifty coins dated to the time of Alexander the Great.
During his life, Aristotle wrote on subjects ranging from aesthetics to zoology, taught at Plato’s Academy, and tutored Alexander the Great, whose conquest of the Persian Empire in the fourth century B.C. led to the spread of Hellenistic culture-and Aristotelian thought-from the Nile to the Ganges.
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These constitute the first comprehensive system of Western philosophy.
