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<< Other Photo Pages >> Tomb of Philip II - Chambered Cairn in Greece in Northern Greece

Submitted by AlexHunger on Sunday, 29 October 2006  Page Views: 4851

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tomb of Philip II Alternative Name: Great Tumulus
Country: Greece Region: Northern Greece Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Veria  Nearest Village: Vergina
Latitude: 40.487438N  Longitude: 22.319665E
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bat400 visited on 7th May 2017 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 5 The Great Mound was apparently an overgrown but noted site into modern times when excavated formally in the 1970's. Now the multiple tombs and graves are displayed in this museum setting, with the beautiful finds along side the tombs. The lighting is very dim at first and especially when they first open each day, the site is very crowded, but in 2017, the site appears to be open into the early evening and the crowds die down by mid afternoon.

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Chambered Cairn in Northern Greece and Macedonia

The royal tombs in the Great Tumulus includes three Macedonian tombs and one cist-grave. One of them was the tomb of King Philip II and another probably belonged to King Alexander IV. These two graves were found unplundered and are lavishly decorated with splendid wall paintings.

Note: No photographs allowed inside the mound, unfortunately. All the finds are now on display here and very well presented.
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Remains of Alexander the Great's Father Confirmed Found by Andy B on Monday, 27 October 2014
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A team of Greek researchers has confirmed that bones found in a two-chambered royal tomb at Vergina, a town some 100 miles away from Amphipolis's mysterious burial mound, indeed belong to the Macedonian King Philip II, Alexander the Great's father.

The anthropological investigation examined 350 bones and fragments found in two larnakes, or caskets, of the tomb. It uncovered pathologies, activity markers and trauma that helped identify the tomb's occupants.

Along with the cremated remains of Philip II, the burial, commonly known as Tomb II, also contained the bones of a woman warrior, possibly the daughter of the Skythian King Athea

More at Discovery News
http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/remains-of-alexander-the-greats-father-confirmed-found-141009.htm

With thanks to Mary B for the link
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Re: Tomb of Philip II by davidmorgan on Sunday, 17 August 2014
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Re: Tomb of Philip II by Anonymous on Saturday, 26 November 2011
Tomb II - Philip's Tomb - The Tomb of Alexander the Great

Tomb II, also known as Philip's tomb is actually the tomb build for burial of the Macedonian king, Alexander the Great. The golden larnax in the main chamber contains the remains of the king Cassander while the golden larnax found in antechamber contains the remains of Thessalonice. On the top of the tomb it was found remains of many inflammable objects and two burnt iron swords and one iron spearhead. All those artifacts found there testify that a symbolic burials was performed of Cassander's sons, Antipater and Alexander V, in the moment before the tomb was finally coverd with earth. The young Macedonian kings were killed in 294.

Ivory Heads Found in Tomb II belongs to members of two Royal families

http://www.macedonia.se/en/Load/30/vergina_tomb_2/
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