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Tomb thought to hold Alexander the Great’s father actually found to contain remains of young woman and six infants
Located beneath a large burial mound, Tomb I at the site of Vergina, in northern Greece, is near several other tombs which ...
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Macedonian Tomb Mystery Deepens: Where Is King Philip II Buried?
A recent study challenges the identification of Philip II’s tomb at Vergina, urging reevaluation of the evidence with ...
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Greek Tomb Once Believed To Hold Alexander The Great’s Father Actually Contains A Young Man, A Woman, And Six Babies
B.C.E., King Philip II of Macedon gathered friends and family at his royal court in Aegae to celebrate the marriage of his ...
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Tomb thought to hold Alexander the Great’s father actually found to contain remains of young woman and six infants
A tomb in Greece that was thought to hold Alexander the Great’s father, Philip II, might instead contain the remains of a young woman and six infants, a study suggests. The study published in ...
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Greece to Restore the Monumental Sculpture of the Lion of Amphipolis
Greece has approved the restoration of the Lion of Amphipolis, a monumental marble sculpture dating to the 4th century BC.
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The Tomb of Amphipolis built by Alexander the Great for Hephaestion was found to be aligned with the winter solstice
In 2012, the largest funerary monument of ancient Greece was discovered in Amphipolis, in central Macedonia: the Kasta ...
'Very rare' African ebony figurines found in 1,500-year-old Christian burials in Israeli desert
Three 1,500-year-old burials in the Negev desert have pendants of bone and ebony that may depict the deceased individuals' ...
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Orthodox stronghold of Belarus. Zhirovichi Monastery turns 505
The history of the spiritual center began with the miraculous appearance of the Icon of the Mother of God. A legend has it that this happened in 1470.