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    Vergina (Greek: Βεργίνα, Vergína [verˈʝina]) is a small town in Northern Greece, part of Veria municipality in Imathia, Central Macedonia. Vergina was...
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    The Vergina Sun (Greek: Ήλιος της Βεργίνας, romanized: Ilios tis Vergínas, lit. 'Sun of Vergina'), also known as the Star of Vergina, Vergina Star or...
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    The Museum of the Royal Tombs of Aigai (Vergina) is located 75 km west of Thessaloniki, Greece, centered around the royal tombs built by the ancient Kingdom...
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    Tombs in Vergina The golden larnax and the golden grave crown of Philip The gilded silver diadem of Philip II, found in his tomb at Vergina. The heroon...
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    Emathia in northern Greece. Currently the site falls within the town of Vergina. The seat of government was later transferred to Pella, which was located...
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    Myrtle wreath at Vergina (Greek: Χρυσό στεφάνι της Βεργίνας, Latin: corona Verginae) made of gold myrtle (Myrtus communis) leaves and flowers, is one...
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    the country, adopted in 1992, known as the Kutlesh flag, featured the Vergina Sun, a symbol that had been discovered at Aigai, the first capital and...
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    της Μακεδονίας) represents a Vergina Sun with 16 rays in the centre of a blue field. This flag, as well as the Vergina Sun, is commonly used as an unofficial...
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    Ilze Vergina (born July 15, 1969) is a Latvian educator and politician. She has served as a member of the 10th and 11th Saeima. Currently, she is a member...
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    to operate their Italy–Greece–Israel route under her new name MS Golden Vergina. In 1988, she was sold to the Agapitos Bros for service in the Aegean Sea...
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    4th-century BC closed coffin discovered in the Macedonian Royal tombs at Vergina in Greece. It has been proposed that it contained the remains of King Philip...
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  • Μακεδονίας Θράκης) is a Greek brewery, founded in 1996, based in Komotini and Vergina Beer is its signature product. It also has branches in Athens and Thessaloniki...
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    Borza argues that the Argeads were a family of notables hailing from Vergina. Both Strabo and Thucydides said that Emathia and Pieria were mostly occupied...
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    the archaeologist Manolis Andronikos in the so-called "Great Tumulus" in Vergina in 1977/8 is believed to belong to Alexander IV. Leprohon (2013). Doxey...
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    of Lower Macedonia, which included the center and two capitals, Aigai (Vergina) and Pella, of ancient Macedonia. Pella was the birthplace of Alexander...
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    suggests that one of the earliest Argead kings established Aigai (modern Vergina) as their capital in the mid-7th century BC. Before the 4th century BC...
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  • Gallery. The Rape of Persephone, a painting in the Macedonian Tomb I in Vergina (Aegae), dating from the mid 4th century BC. This in situ mural is mostly...
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    Marinatos, Manolis Andronikos (discovered the tomb of Philip II of Macedon in Vergina), Indologist Dimitrios Galanos, botanist Theodoros G. Orphanides, and scientists...
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    the 4th century BC example found at Vergina in Macedonia, of gold, with a sun motif (hence known as the "Vergina Sun" motif) on the lid. Manolis Andronikos...
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    the archaeologist Manolis Andronikos in the so-called "Great Tumulus" in Vergina in 1977–78 is believed to belong to Alexander IV. Ariston of Macedon Green...
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    by Dr Ambedkar. Buddhist symbolism Chakra (disambiguation) Dharmachakra Vergina Sun Aryan, K. C. (1996). Encyclopaedia of Indian art, references, symbols...
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    figures that are historically considered part of Greek culture such as the Vergina Sun and Alexander the Great, and of promoting the irredentist concept of...
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    ceremonial shield of the Tombs of Vergina is a decorative shield found in the Royal Tombs at Aigai (now known as Vergina) in Northeast Greece. The shield...
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    research was done in Vergina, where his teacher, professor K. Rhomaios had founded in 1937 the Aristotle University Excavation at Vergina. His greatest discovery...
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    its name to the Republic of North Macedonia and stop public use of the Vergina Sun. It retained the demonym "Macedonian", but clarified this as distinct...
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    while his wife was forced to commit suicide. In 1977, excavations near Vergina in northern Greece led to the unearthing of three Macedonian tombs. Tomb...
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    embroidered in the official ceremonial flag. Inti Sun (heraldry) Solar symbol Vergina Sun Abad de Santillán, Diego (1965). Historia Argentina. Buenos Aires:...
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    Palmettes) Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki Pella Philippi Platamon Castle Vergina Museums : Archaeological Museum of Amphipolis, Aiani Archaeological Museum...
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    find by Manolis Andronikos of such an implement in a Macedonian tomb at Vergina, 51 cm (1.67 ft) long. 21st-century scholarship has been more skeptical...
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    been found in Macedonian tombs, such as the so-called "Tomb of Philip" in Vergina of the 2nd half of the 4th century BCE. They were also used by the Persians...
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