Philip II was a young Macedonian king who was born in the capital city of P, reigned there between 359 and 336 BC and managed after many battles to be the absolute master of Greece. He is none other than the father of Alexander the Great, one of the most famous Greeks and who was finally able to magnify the country as his father had always wanted.
When Philip II died he was buried in a beautiful tumba which is located next to a set of royal tombs that were discovered in 1977 and that were excavated in artificial mounds. The tomb of Philip II It is one of the most beautiful and it was found very intact, with many objects and all the funerary equipment. What is said, a true treasure, and in fact many archaeologists consider the tomb to be the greatest treasure of the ancient world since the Tomb of Tutankhamun.
What objects were found? Well, many objects of silver and bronze (glasses, jugs), armor complete with iron helmets, legplates, breastplates, swords, shields, greaves, various gold objects, the remains of a wooden couch that has some gold and ivory figures and five ivory heads of about 3 cm.
In addition, a marble sarcophagus with two manholes inside. One contained the ashes of a man and a funeral wreath made of oak leaves and acorns and gold and the other, also made of gold, contained many charred bones of a woman that were covered with a fabric in gold and purple, they wore a diadem of highly ornate gold and another funeral wreath. Are the first ones the remains of King Philip II? Archaeologists think so.
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