For the past two years archaeologists have been excavating a massive burial mound complex near the ancient city of Amphipolis in Greece’s Macedonia region. 

The monument, according to Archaeologist Ekaterini Peristeri, bears the signature of the famous architect and friend of Alexander, Dinocrates.

But there remains one mystery, one question: who is buried here? 

The Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki is a museum in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. It holds and interprets artifacts from the Archaic, Classical, 
Hellenistic and Roman periods, mostly from the city of Thessaloniki but also from the region of Macedonia in general.

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The Australian Museum: Alexander The Great - 2,000 Years of Treasures

The largest exhibition ever seen in Australia from the State Hermitage, Russia. 

The exhibition featured over 400 objects, spanning over 2000 years - many seen in Australia for the first time.

The excavation by Professor Manolis Andronikos and his associates under the Great Tumulus of Vergina village in Imathia, Central Macedonia in 1977 brought to light the most important archaeological discovery of the 20th century in Greece. Today's Vergina (Ancient Aigai), in the foothills of Mt. Pieria, was the first capital of ancient kingdom of Macedonia, called Aigai. The site of the Royal Tombs under a modern roof hosts the main excavation, as well as an exhibition of the major finds from the burials. It is protected by UNESCO as world cultural heritage and comprises a unique discovery of an enormous universal impact.

More than 500 gold, silver and bronze exhibits from a royal tomb were displayed at Oxford's Ashmolean Museum.

They were discovered in the ancient palace of Aegae in Macedonia, Greece.

Macedonian art specialist, Dr Angeliki Kottaridi, said: "This exhibition is the most important Greek cultural event in many years."

Dr Christopher Brown, director of the museum said: "It is a tremendous honour for the Ashmolean to be the first place where people can see the latest discoveries from Aegae."

Historian Robin Lane Fox offering his insights of the Greek legacy in Afghanistan.

Discover the remarkable story of the survival, discovery and display of these ancient treasures.

This exhibition at the Louvre revealed the glorious past and remarkable rise of the kingdom of Macedonia, and sheds light on the significance of the northern Greek tombs of the period: the treasures they contained, preserved by the earth of the tumuli, testify to the extraordinary skill of the artists of the time.

This video shows the attractions of Thessaloniki in Macedonia, Greece. It shows the Forum and Arch of Galerius, the White tower, the Rotunda and the Church of Agia Sophia.

It also shows the two main sites of Ancient Macedonia, the capital of the Empire at Pella and the site of the Royal Tombs at Vergina. This is where Philip II of Macedon was buried and his weapons, coffin and other fabulous items are all on display in the Museum not housed within the burial mound.

Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, 196 BCE

The inscriptions on the Rosetta Stone, apparently composed by the priests of Memphis, summarize benefactions conferred by Ptolemy V Epiphanes (205–180 BCE) and were written in the ninth year of his reign in commemoration of his accession to the throne. Inscribed in two languages, Egyptian and Greek, and three writing systems, hieroglyphics, demotic script (a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics), and the Greek alphabet, it provided a key to the translation of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing.

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Presentation of the excavations at Dion by the Director of the University excavation program, Emeritus Professor Dimitrios Pantermalis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Macedonia, Greece.

Ancient Macedonia's majestic treasures on display at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki in Macedonia, Greece.