Encyclopedia Britannica: Learn how Vergina, Macedonia received its name and see the ancient remains of this area. Vergina is situated close to the site of ancient Aigai (or Aegae), once the royal capital of ancient Macedon, ruled by the Argead dynasty from about 650 BC onwards. The ruins of another Aigai, one of the Aeolian dodecapolis, lie 35 km S of Pergamon, by the modern Aiolis, Turkey. The entrance to the "Great Tumulus" Museum at Vergina. Archaeologists were interested in the hills around Vergina as early as the 1850s, knowing that the site of Aigai was in the vicinity and suspecting that the hills were burial mounds. Excavations began in 1861 under the French archaeologist Leon Heuzey, sponsored by the Emperor Napoleon III. Parts of the Macedonian royal palace of Palatista were discovered. However, the excavations had to be abandoned because of the risk of malaria. In 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 1939. 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 ...
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15.08.09 The electronic newsletter Macedonian Archaeological News is a joint project of the Cultural Heritage Protection Office of the Republic of Macedonia and the Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities Euro-Balkan. Its basic purpose is to inform the public in Macedonia and worldwide of the results of the archaeological research undertaken on the territory of the Republic of Macedonia. Hence, Macedonian Archaeological News will present and promote the features of the most significant finds discovered at various archaeological sites, stretching from prehistory to the late Middle Ages. A part of our mission will be to bring the Macedonian archaeological science closer to the academic circles worldwide and to the general public. www.mav.mk
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21.10.08 On the hill Isar, at the village of Marvinci near the town of Valandovo, there is a community from the early antic period that belonged to the southern Macedonian area called Amphacsitida. The many layers of this community speak of permanence with no significant interruptions, where time managed to save the earliest traces of its existence.
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A land with very ancient archaeology.
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Archaeological site Heraclea Lyncestis. Ancient city build by Pillip II the Macedon, father of Alexander the Great. Location near Bitola, R. Macedonia. www.visitbitola.info
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Archaeological site Heraclea Lyncestis. Ancient city build by Pillip II the Macedon, father of Alexander the Great. Location near Bitola, R. Macedonia. www.visitbitola.info
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02.01.09 Heraklea Lynkestis site, which is located at about two kilometres from the town of Bitola in south-western Macedonia was an ancient town from the Macedonistic-Hellenistic period and early middle ages. Founded in the middle of the 4th century BC, by Philip II of Macedon, father of the Macedonian Emperor Alexander III, better known as Alexander The Great (Aleksandar Makedonski), as an important strategical town. At the middle of the 2nd century BC, the Romans conquered Macedonia and destroyed it's political power and then divided in 4 regions. And by this terrible condition, Heraklea which was in the fourth region, has got a high prosperity rating. Heraklea owns that with the establishment of the main Balkan road Via Egnatia on which Heraklea was important stop.
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Ancient Macedonian Archeology
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04.06.09 Heraklea Lynkestis site, which is located at about two kilometres from the town of Bitola in south-western Macedonia was an ancient town from the Macedonistic-Hellenistic period and early middle ages. Founded in the middle of the 4th century BC, by Philip II of Macedon, father of the Macedonian Emperor Alexander III, better known as Alexander The Great (Aleksandar Makedonski), as an important strategical town. At the middle of the 2nd century BC, the Romans conquered Macedonia and destroyed it's political power and then divided in 4 regions. And by this terrible condition, Heraklea which was in the fourth region, has got a high prosperity rating. Heraklea owns that with the establishment of the main Balkan road Via Egnatia on which Heraklea was important stop.
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Grncarica, the oldest Neolithic settlement in Macedonia, was discovered accidentally before two years by a team of archeologists who are exploring the sites along the hydro-system Zletovica's pipeline. Macedonian archeologists unearthed a skeleton of a human dating from 7000 BCE. The skeleton has been uncovered at the archeological site Grncarica, at the Stip's nearby village of Krupiste. This video is a part of the exhibition held in Bezisten, Stip, Republic of Macedonia. More on this topic: arheo.com.mk
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Archaeology in Macedonia
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Video from field trip to the archaeological site of Gradiste, village Graishte, Demir Hisar - Republic of Macedonia. The damage with machines is visible on 2/3 of the acropolis of this site. It is supposed that in the antique his name was Bryanion. The name of middle age city was Dobrun. More information: arheo.com.mk arheo.com.mk
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20.10.2008 Recent archaeological research reveals that the transition from the late Classical period to the early Christian period was witness to the raising of many structures. The late Roman town of Bargala was situated where the Kozjachka River joins the Bregalnitsa River, and was included within the province of Mediterranean Dacia. In the 4th and 5th century AD Bargala grew into a cultural and ecclesiastical center covering nearly five hectares and surrounded by 2.20 meter walls. www.mymacedonia.net Баргала - прв епископски центар Локалитетот Баргала веројатно е првиот епископски центар по течението на река Брегалница. Тоа го докажува третата откриена базилика на овој локалитет.
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Stobi is ancien roman city. One of the bigest archaeological treasures in Rebublic of Macedonia.
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macedonia-evidence.org More than 300 prominent scholars sent a letter to Barack Obama, asking him to take measures againts FYROM's propaganda and the protection of the Greek history of Macedonia. ΕΛΛΑΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ ΕΛΛΗΝΑΣ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΑΣ ΜΑΚΕΔΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΣ ΟΜΠΑΜΑ HELLAS GREECE MAKEDONIA MACEDONIA MACEDOINE MAZEDONIEN SCHOLARS HISTORIANS LETTER OBAMA UNIVERSITY BERKELEY ARCHAEOLOGY ALEXANDER DER GROSSE MAKEDON MACEDON MEGAS ALEXANDROS THE GREAT PHILIPPOS PHILIP FILIPPOS GRAECO ROMAN ANTIQUITY GREEK MAKEDONIJA
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Stibera, or as the archaeologists love to name it, Macedonian Pompeia one of the biggest antique towns and one of the most attractive antique urban settlements The sequences are part of the project "Virtual Guide Trough Ancient Macedonian Cities". The project has won the award: Ford Motor Company for the best project in the category "Conservation and environment protection" For more, please visit our website: www.cyberlinkmedia.com
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Stobi - the most famous archeological site in Macedonia The sequences are part of the project "Virtual Guide Trough Ancient Macedonian Cities". The project has won the award: Ford Motor Company for the best project in the category "Conservation and environment protection" For more, please visit our website: www.cyberlinkmedia.com
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