BBC - In the footsteps of Alexander (Vergina) 2

BBC Documentary : In the footsteps of Alexander the Great

During the 8th and 7th century BC the area was ruled by Illyrian tribes, which established a strategic base at Aigai. In the early 7th century BC local Thracian and Paeonian tribes revolted and captured Aigai.[1] In 650 BC the Temenids of Argos under Perdiccas I moved in the area and captured Aigai, making it the first capital of the Kingdom of Macedon.

Vergina : (in Greek Βεργίνα) is a small town in northern Greece, located in the prefecture of Imathia, Central Macedonia. The town became internationally famous in 1977, when the Greek archaeologist Manolis Andronikos unearthed what he claimed was the burial site of the kings of Macedon, including the tomb of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great. The modern town of Vergina is about 13 km south-east of the district centre of Veroia and about 80 km south-west of Thessaloniki, the capital of Greek Macedonia. The town has a population of about two thousand people and stands on the foothills of Mount Pieria, at an elevation of 120 m (360 ft) above sea level.

n 1937, the University of Thessaloniki resumed the excavations. More ruins of the ancient palace were found, but the excavations were abandoned on the outbreak of war with Italy in 1940. After the war the excavations were resumed and during the 1950s and 1960s the rest of the royal capital was uncovered. The Greek archaeologist Manolis Andronikos became convinced that a hill called the "Great Tumulus" (in Greek, Μεγάλη Τούμπα) concealed the tombs of the Macedonian Kings.

In 1977, Andronikos undertook a six-week dig at the Tumulus and found four buried chambers which he identified as hitherto undisturbed tombs. Three more were found in 1980. Excavations continued through the 1980s and 1990s. Andronikos claimed that these were the burial sites of the kings of Macedon, including the tomb of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great. Andronikos maintained that one of the tombs was of Philip II, and another was of Alexander IV of Macedon, son of Alexander the Great and Roxana and this has now become the firm view of archaeologists and the Greek government.

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[FygeApoDoReVromokole]

Macedonians spoke Greek and their names were Greek.

Alexander is a Greek name. means defender of men.

Alexander's mother's name is OLYMPIAS.

she got it from the well-known mount Olympus of the GREEK Gods !!! olympic games you know? GREEK.

his father's name was Philippos! anyone who knows greek can get it means friend of Horses and it's a common Greek name. Skopian language is identical to Bulgarian. Skopians are related to Bulgars and slavs. not to Greeks or the Greek tribe Macedonians.

[Hermioni73]

"For I (Alexander I) myself am by ancient descent a Greek, and I would not willingly see Hellas change her freedom for slavery." (Herod. IX, 45, 2 [Loeb])

[SammyClammy]

@LaserBeam002 Great tits :P

[LaserBeam002]

I wonder where Angheliki Kotaridou is today. Damn beautiful woman and obviously very intelligent.

[yoshiioko]

@Lighttown1913 First thing I noticed was the cleavage seven seconds in lol.

[SirGeorge8600]

@LaserBeam002 I know right??? I would totally bang her...

[Lighttown1913]

@LaserBeam002 finally someone who noticed the boobs in between this ever lasting argument about Alexander's origin...

[LaserBeam002]

The archeologist in this clip is HOT!!!