For special audience groups it is from today visitable the famous burial monument of the Kasta moundin the municipality Amphipolis, nine years after its discovery by the archaeological dig. Scientists, researchers, educators, tourist agents and people from the self-government of the regional unit of Serres, divided into groups of five people, accompanied by a guard or archaeologist, have the opportunity to visit the interior of the mound and admire up close a part of its decoration .

According to what the Minister of Culture had stated Lina Mendoni on Wednesday from the area, where he inspected the progress of the work, visitors will have a satisfactory picture of the monument, as they will be able to see the marble material that has been welded, the sphinxes at the entrance and the Caryatids that have been preserved. Also, these first visitors will be able to see from a relative distance the burial trench, impressive in size and construction.

The visits will last a few minutes of the hour and will be made after consultation with the Serres Antiquities Ephorate until the beginning of June, when they will be temporarily interrupted to start the work to remove the scaffolds from inside the monument and will continue immediately afterwards. However, the burial monument will be given to the general public in its entirety in 2027, after the completion of all the necessary infrastructure works, restoration and regeneration of the surrounding area.

THE entrance at this stage it is by appointment and without a ticket.