Archeologists in Israel believe they may have discovered a historic first: the tomb of a woman who was a courtesan with Alexander the Great's army some 2,300 years ago.
Israeli archeologists may have discovered the first-ever tomb of a woman known as a 'hetaira' to Alexander the Great's army in Ancient Greece. A hetaira, or courtesan, was an 'esteemed escort,' said the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
The tomb was discovered in 2019 alongside 'strange grave goods' during a salvage expedition in Jerusalem's Talpiot neighborhood, said Haaretz. A paper discussing these findings is set to be published soon. The woman was buried with 'iron nails and an expensive mirror,' purportedly to accompany her to the afterlife. The mirror was described as bronze, and is 'a rare and precious artifact that dates to the time of Alexander.' Dr.
The age of the tomb was estimated by the style of the mirror that was found with the bones. 'We know were buried on roadsides,' archeologist Dr. Guy Stiebel of Tel Aviv University told Haaretz. 'Alexander of Macedonia was even criticized for investing not in graves for Greek soldiers who fell in the war against Persia, but for his hetairai, on the main road, from a point where they could see Athens and the Parthenon for the first time,' he added.
The mirror was a gender-specific artifact, identified in the ancient period only with women,' he told the newspaper, adding that there are 'no ancient depictions' of men looking at themselves in mirrors. The fact that the woman was found far from home in Jersualem is why the researchers theorize that the woman was a hetaira, rather than the wife of a soldier or officer.
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