March
17
/ 2014
Last week, a Greek archaeologist announced the discovery of 20 burials near Macedonia’s ancient capital in northern Greece dating back to the 6 th century BC until the early Hellenistic era (4 th – 3 rd century BC), which researchers hoped may be associated with the early Macedonian kings. Now the director of the 17th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, Angeliki Kottaridi, has shed new light on the discovery and has revealed that evidence suggests the graves belong to members of the Temenid dynasty, otherwise known as the Argead dynasty, and one may be King Cassander himself. Although looted and partially destroyed, the monuments are impressive evidence of funerary architecture and include portraits of the royal family of King
