royal necropolis of Aigai

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archaeological site burial ground necropolis

The royal necropolis of Aigai is an ancient Macedonian burial ground, famed for its richly furnished tombs of kings such as Philip II and its exceptional archaeological finds.

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necropolis of Aigai 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
burial ground ⓘ
necropolis ⓘ
associatedWith Alexander the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
Argead dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philip II of Macedon NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancient Kingdom of Macedon NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Tomb of Persephone NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tomb of Philip II of Macedon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tomb of the Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ
cluster of royal tumuli ⓘ
gold funerary wreaths ⓘ
gold larnakes ⓘ
ivory reliefs ⓘ
painted chamber tombs ⓘ
rich grave goods ⓘ
wall paintings ⓘ
weaponry and armor ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
culture ancient Macedonian ⓘ
discoveredBy Manolis Andronikos NERFINISHED ⓘ
floruit 4th century BCE ⓘ
hasMuseum Museum of the Royal Tombs of Aigai NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
locatedIn Aigai NERFINISHED ⓘ
Central Macedonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Imathia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vergina NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorExcavationsDate 1977 ⓘ
materialEvidence gold, silver, bronze, ivory, iron, and organic remains ⓘ
nearbySettlement modern town of Vergina ⓘ
partOf Archaeological Site of Aigai (modern name Vergina) NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancient city of Aigai NERFINISHED ⓘ
period Classical period ⓘ
Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Macedonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance exceptional preservation of royal tombs and grave goods ⓘ
important evidence for ancient Macedonian art and ritual ⓘ
royal cemetery of the ancient Macedonian kings ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1996 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteCategory Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOSiteCriteria (i) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 780 ⓘ
usedFor elite burials ⓘ
royal burials ⓘ

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Vergina → hasArchaeologicalFeature → royal necropolis of Aigai ⓘ
Archaeological Site of Aigai → hasPart → royal necropolis of Aigai ⓘ
this entity surface form: necropolis of Aigai