Ancient OriginsJun 21, 2025
AO THROWBACK - Aigai (known today as Vergina) is an archaeological site situated in northern Greece not far from the city of Thessaloniki. This was the first capital of the ancient kingdom of Macedon. https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/macedonian-aigai-0012125
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Archaeology News May 12, 2025

Vergina tomb near Alexander the Great’s hometown doesn’t belong to his father, study finds

A recent paper in the Journal of Archaeological Science has discredited a long-standing theory about one of the most famous royal tombs from ancient Greece. Long believed to be the grave of Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/05/vergina-tomb-doesnt-belong-to-philip-ii/

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Vergina tomb near Alexander the Great’s hometown doesn’t belong to his father, study finds

A new study refutes the belief that Philip II of Macedon was buried in Vergina’s Tomb of Persephone, pointing to an unknown elite instead.

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Archaeology News Nov 8, 2024

Ancient purple tunic discovered in Vergina tomb: could it belong to Alexander the Great?

A team led by Antonis Bartsiokas of Democritus University of Thrace has presented compelling evidence that a purple and white tunic found in Greece’s Royal Tombs at Vergina might have once belonged to Alexander the Great...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2024/10/purple-tunic-discovered-in-vergina/

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Ancient purple tunic discovered in Vergina tomb: could it belong to Alexander the Great?

Researchers suggest that a purple tunic found in Greece’s Royal Tombs at Vergina may have belonged to Alexander the Great.

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AnnasTochterOct 29, 2024
exciting news
https://arkeonews.net/alexander-the-greats-sacred-purple-tunic-found-in-a-2400-year-old-macedonian-tomb/
#Vergina's Tomb, such a wonderful museum
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Alexander the Great’s Sacred Purple Tunic Found in a 2,400-year-old Macedonian Tomb? - Arkeonews

Archaeologists have found a sacred chiton (tunic) in a 2400-year-old royal tomb in the Macedonian city of Vergina in northern Greece, and it could belong to Alexander the Great!

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damian entwistleJun 5, 2024

Today's photo with the most hits: this view over the plain at Vergina,

#vergina #greece #CentralMacedonia #plain #achitecture #geography

Rob MentingJan 7, 2024
Gerestaureerde Paleis van Aigai is heropend https://parakalo.wordpress.com/2024/01/05/gerestaureerde-paleis-van-aigai-is-heropend/ #Aigai, #AlexanderDeGrote, #Oudheid, #PaleisVanAigai, #Unesco, #Vergina, #Werelderfgoed
Gerestaureerde Paleis van Aigai is heropend

(klik op een afbeelding voor een vergroting) Het was het grootste gebouw van het klassieke Griekenland: het paleis waar Alexander de Grote in 336 voor Christus tot koning werd uitgeroepen voordat h…

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De ArcheoloogJan 5, 2024
Na 16 jaar is de restauratie klaar van het voormalige #paleis van de koning van #Macedonië #Philippus II bij #Vergina in #Griekenland. Vandaag was de inhuldiging door de Griekse premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis. In het paleis werd de zoon van Philippus, #Alexander de Grote, in 336 v.Chr. op 20-jarige leeftijd uitgeroepen tot koning.
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/01/05/gerestaureerd-archeologisch-paleis-van-macedonische-koning-filip/
Eeuwenoud paleis waar Alexander De Grote werd uitgeroepen tot koning is na 16 jaar volledig gerestaureerd

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