If you have a car, you can visit other monuments around the tombs, such as the Palace up the hill (which is being prepared for opening to the public, hopefully, later this year), and the impressive city walls (in the middle of the fields between Vergina an...
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6. Museum of the Royal Tombs of Aigai (Vergina) 1,320 Speciality Museums Open now By journeymaid48 This is a must see for anyone interested in this period in Macedonian history. See tours 2024 7. Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology 728 Speciality Museums • Points of Interest ...
Archaeologists exploring the long-disputed Royal Tombs of Vergina in northern Greece claim a purple tunic found in Philip III’s tomb once belonged to Alexander the Great. Experts believe they’ve sorted out which remains are associated with which person across three royal tombs. A rare co...
Read more about the Royal Tombs of Aigaihere. The Antikythera Mechanism, the world's oldest analog computer. © Shutterstock The Antikythera Mechanism The Antikythera Mechanism is an ancient device that continues to captivate scientists and historians the world over.Discovered in 1901 by sponge dive...
The identification of the Royal Tombs in the Great Tumulus at Vergina, Macedonia, Greece: A comprehensive review The skeletons belong to the father, the brother and the son of Alexander the Great.The skeletons studied are among the most historically important in Europ... A Bartsiokas,JL Arsuag...
Olympias, mother of Alexander the Great, depicted on a gold pendant of the Roman era (Thessaloniki Archaeological Museum). Head of Philip II, carved in ivory, from his tomb at Vergina (Museum of the Royal Tombs at Aigai-Vergina).
The Opening of the Tombs Vergina (Northern Greece) 1977–79 “ Be as calm as possible,” Manolis Andronikos told his assistants as he slowly widened a hole leading down into darkness. It was the afternoon of November 8, 1977, outside the northern Greek village of Vergina, and he was...
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This aerial photo taken in Vergina, near Veroia, on January 5, 2024, shows the Aigai Palace after years of restoration work. The late Greek archaeologist Manolis Andronikos led the digs and discovered the royal tombs, recovering a gold casket and other gold artifacts as well as the...