B.C.E., King Philip II of Macedon gathered friends and family at his royal court in Aegae to celebrate the marriage of his ...

A new forensic study appears to solve a long-standing debate in Greek archaeology over the burial location of King Philip II of Macedon ... Philip II was buried in Tomb II, dubbed “The Tomb ...

A recent study challenges the identification of Philip II’s tomb at Vergina, urging reevaluation of the evidence with ...

Nearly 50 years ago, archeologists made an awesome discovery when excavating the ancient town of Vergina in northern Greece. They found three royal tombs containing remains of the family of ...

After much research and debate, some historians decided that one of the tombs, known as the Tomb of Persephone, held the remains of Philip II of Macedon—Alexander the Great's father, along with ...

One notable exception is the tomb of Philip II of Macedon, the father of Alexander the Great, uncovered at Vergina in the late 1970s. The tomb was found intact, and this has enabled decades of ...

Alexander the Great’s father’s remains have been identified in a Greek tomb using X-ray analysis ... Alexander the Great’s father, Philip II of Macedon, according to Live Science.

For years, it was speculated that the tomb might house the remains of historical figures such as Philip II of Macedon (father of Alexander the Great) or his wife Cleopatra. However, these theories ...

Although their identities remain unknown, the tomb's opulence indicates that they were elite. "We assume that he must be a Macedon King who ruled and died decades before Philip II's assassination ...