Archaeological Site of Aigai
Also known as Vergina
-750
Ancient Greek
landscape
The archaeological site at Vergina is ancient Aigai, the first capital of the Macedonian kingdom and the royal necropolis used by the Argead dynasty across centuries of Macedonian history. The settlement took shape from around 750 BCE…
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- -340
Palace and theatre of Aigai. Philip II's building program produced a fifteen-thousand-square-metre palace, a theatre and adjoining sanctuaries, modernizing Aigai as the Macedonian royal metropolis.
- 1977-1978
Royal Tombs excavation. Manolis Andronikos uncovered the unlooted royal tombs in the Great Tumulus, including the tomb identified as Philip II's, with painted facades, grave goods and ceremonial armor intact.
- 1993
Royal Tombs display. The Royal Tombs display opened as an underground protective shell shaped as a tumulus, integrating conservation environment and exhibition into the burial mound itself.
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- Македонец · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Léon Heuzey, Honoré Daumet · Public domain
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