Click2Flicks - Alexander, The Story Behind The Movie - Discovery of Philip's Tomb - Chapter 6

<body link="0000ff" alink="ff0000" vlink="000000" bgcolor=000033> <table width="100%" bgcolor=000033> <tr> <td align=center valign=top> <table width=90% bgcolor=ffffff> <tr> <td align=center valign=top> <tr> <td> <div align=center><p><b><font face="arial, helvetica" size=5 color=000000><b>ALEXANDER</p> <p><font size="4">CHAPTER 6 - DISCOVERY OF PHILIP'S TOMB</b></font></p> </div>  <center> <table width="90%"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <div align="justify"> <p><font face="arial, helvetica" color="000000" size="3">Before Pella became the royal capital, the ancient town of Aigai had served that purpose. Since at least 1850, scholars believed the <a target="_blank" href="images/tranquil.jpg"><b>tranquil</b></a> <a target="_blank" href="images/hills.jpg"><b>hills</b></a> of <a target="_blank" href="images/nearby.vergina.jpg"><b>nearby Vergina</b></a> contained the <a target="_blank" href="images/graves.jpg"><b>graves</b></a> or <a href="http://www.macedonian-heritage.gr/HellenicMacedonia/en/d1.1.ram" target="_blank"><b>tombs</b></a> (you need Real Player for this video link) of Macedonian royalty.</p> <p>In 1977, the late Greek archeologist, <a target="_blank" href="images/Andronikos.jpg"><b>Manolis Andronikos</b></a>, working <a target="_blank" href="images/in.vergina.jpg"><b>in Vergina</b></a> (also spelled Verghina) discovered several <a target="_blank" href="images/tombs.jpg"><b>tombs</b></a>. Two had never been plundered. One of those (believed, at the time, to be Philips) contained a <a target="_blank" href="images/gold.casket.JPG"><b>gold casket</b></a> (called a larnax) with a royal Macedonian star burst on its cover. Inside the casket were cremated remains.</p> <p>Although there is scholarly <a href="http://tdpapazois.gr/english_research.pdf" target="_blank"><b>disagreement</b></a> (this is a PDF link), Andronikos (who published a <a target="_blank" href="images/book.jpg"><b>book</b></a> with numerous pictures of his findings) and his colleagues <a href="http://www.macedonian-heritage.gr/bibliography.html#2" target="_blank"><b>believed</b></a> those cremated remains were of Alexanders father, <a target="_blank" href="images/philipii6.jpg"><b>Philip II</b></a>. A skull - believed, by some, to be Philips - was also recovered.</p> <p>The Great Tumulus Museum <a target="_blank" href="images/at.vergina.bmp"><b>at Vergina</b></a>, <a target="_blank" href="images/site.jpg"><b>site</b></a> of ongoing <a target="_blank" href="images/excavations.jpg"><b>excavations</b></a> (like the <a target="_blank" href="images/towns.jpg"><b>towns</b></a> <a target="_blank" href="images/acropolis.jpg"><b>Acropolis</b></a>), possesses the golden casket, a recovered bust of Philip II, and many artifacts. This <a href="http://www.macedonian-heritage.gr/HellenicMacedonia/en/infocus/ad1.5.html" target="_blank"><b>video</b></a> (you need Real Player to watch it) will enlighten you about some of the treasures found in Philips grave.</p> <p>Based on their discoveries, scholars have <a target="_blank" href="images/reconstructed6.jpg"><b>reconstructed</b></a> the royal palace where Philip and Alexander lived. Archeologists have turned over their incredible finds to Greek museums. Thanks to their generosity, the public can view these treasures on-line.</p> </div> <p align="center"><font face="arial, helvetica" size="2"><a href="alexander_great_ch5.htm">GO TO LAST CHAPTER</a>     <a href="alexander_great_ch1.htm">BACK TO FIRST CHAPTER</a>    <a href="alexander_great_ch7.htm">GO TO NEXT CHAPTER</a></p><br> </font> </font> </td> </tr> </table>  </td> </tr> </table>  </td> </tr> </table> </body>