Marble head representing Alexander. © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism / Archaeological Receipts Fund / Musée du Louvre) Eric Bietry-Rivierre The museum focuses the treasures of the palaces and temples of ancient Macedonia. Gold, silver, marble, mosaics: a forgotten kingdom was hiding under the caption of one man.   Prior to being great, Alexander was Macedonian. ...

A unique triangle of history and civilization in the heart of Macedonia: - Vergina/Aigai, the first capital, the famous nekropolis of the ancient Macedonian kings, - Dion, the secret city of ancient Macedonians - Pella, the glorious Hellenistic capital of the ancient Hellenic kingdom of Macedonia The heart of Macedonia lives in Greece. From the YouTube channel of KRASOPATIR httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM8qgI0H2cw httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tNTRzZcA04

Greek TV channel SKAI about the Macedonian Palace in Vergina, Macedonia, Greece. Απόσπασμα του δελτίου ειδήσεων του ΣΚΑΪ σχετικά με το Ανάκτορο στην περιοχή της Βεργίνας. Απο το Υoutube channel LiZaAki httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAOkJyxM_i8

The Royal Tombs of the Macedonian Kings in Macedonia, Greece.   Vergina (Greek: Βεργίνα) is a small town in northern Greece, located in the prefecture of Imathia, Central Macedonia. The town became internationally famous in 1977, when the Greek archaeologist Manolis Andronikos unearthed  the burial site of the kings of Macedon, including the tomb of Philip II, ...

Press release issued 8 September 2010 Claims that a tomb at Vergina, Greece, the ancient burial place of the Macedonian royal family in the fourth century BC, contains the body of King Philip III Arrhidaios, half-brother of Alexander the Great, and not Philip II, Alexander’s father, are called into question by researchers from the Universities of ...

Monday, April 5, 2010 "Who’s Who in the ‘Royal’ Cemetery at Vergina and Why it Matters" The Department of Classics and Mediterranean Studies University of Illinois at Chicago presents THE 27TH ANNUAL TRACY LECTURE by Jonathan Hall University of Chicago “Who’s Who in the ‘Royal’ Cemetery at Vergina and Why it Matters” Friday 9 April 2010 3:00 PM UIC ...

Sun of Vergina – A Greek symbol Απο το HistoryofMacedonia7 Youtube Channel

ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΗ ΝΕΩΝ ΤΜΗΜΑΤΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΤΕΙΧΟΥΣ ΤΗΣ ΒΕΡΓΙΝΑΣ ΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΤΥΠΟΥ Θεσσαλονίκη, 26/11/2009  Η Πανεπιστημιακή Ανασκαφή του Α.Π.Θ. στο τείχος της Βεργίνας, υπό τον Αν. Καθηγητή Παναγιώτη Φάκλαρη, κατά τη φετινή ανασκαφική περίοδο η οποία ολοκληρώθηκε χθες, Τετάρτη 25 Νοεμβρίου 2009, έφερε στο φως νέα, σημαντικά τμήματα του τείχους της αρχαίας πόλης, τα οποία αποτελούν την καλύτερη σωζόμενη οχύρωση της ...

Macedonian tomb of Eordaia opens to the public An important, but lesser known, tomb monument of the 4th century BC, discovered in 1987 in the village of Spilia, Kozani pprefecture in northwest Greece, will be accessible to visitors following the completion of restoration works conducted by the culture ministry's 30th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities.  The ...

Lion hunt in ancient Macedonia Lion hunt. Mosaic from Pella (ancient Macedonia); source: Wikipedia In Macedonia evidence begins with silver coin-types of the fifth century; King Archelaos is said to have been murdered out hunting; Philip II was said (by Arrian’s sources) to have instituted the corps of royal pages who attended him while out hunting; Herodotos, ...