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Tomb II,The tomb of

Philip II, King Of Macedon

and his last wife

Cleopatra

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Biographies of Philip

'We saw a sight which it was not possible for me to have imagined, because until then such an ossuary [container for bones] had never been found . . . all-gold . . . with an impressive relief star on its lid. We lifted it from the sarcophagus, placed it on the floor, and opened it. Our eyes nearly popped out of our sockets and our breathing stopped; there unmistakably were charred bones placed in a carefully formed pile and still retaining the colour of the purple cloth in which they had once been wrapped . . . If those were royal remains . . . then . . . had I held the bones of Philip in my hands?'.......Manolis Andronikos

Miniature portrait above believed to be Philip II of Macedon

A large quantity of works of art, many in gold, were removed from the tombs. These included the gold casket with the Sun ofVergina on the lid, which Andronikos maintains contained the cremated remains of Philip II. These treasures were temporarilyhoused in the Thessaloniki Archeological Museum. Recently they were returned to Vergina and installed in a museum which has been built inside the Great Tumulus, and is one of the finest examples of modern museology.

Note: Most published sources will say that the casket and portraits shown above are in the Thessaloniki Archaeological Museum.These sources are out-of-date. They are now in the Great Tumulus museum at Vergina.

The royal remains have been returned to Aægæ.

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