A third golden wreath has just been discovered?

[Petros Houhoulis]

Originally Posted by Morphesau

That’s excellent news !

Problem is Greece isn’t using these ancient artefacts or her history enough for the name dispute to prove our case to the world “ I for one don’t think enough is being done”, once even Henry Kissinger I believe stated this, and there seems to be some truism in this. IMO

A wreath does not (usually) have an inscription upon it. Greece cannot use ANYTHING without a clearly Greek inscription upon it, and the Pella katadesmos has sent them to sleep some years now...

[Morphesau]

I mentioned more then just a wreath, anyways it was opinion.

[Petros Houhoulis]

Originally Posted by Morphesau

I mentioned more then just a wreath, anyways it was opinion.

There is no special need really. What is the difference between the already 5.000 Ancient Greek inscriptions found in Ancient Macedonian monuments and another one? No serious person disputes that ancient Greek was spoken in Macedonia. Even the revisionist ones do not deny that. They just claim that there was another, invisible language...

...and the most of them post Pella Katadesmos believe that it was probably a variant of Greek anyway...

[akritas]

In this hand out image provided by Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on Friday. Aug. 29, 2008, a 2,300-year-old gold wreath among human bones in a water-logged gold jar found is seen. Archaeologists say the discovery, at the ancient city of Aigai in northern Greece, is very important due to the richness of the artifacts and the unusual circumstances in which they were buried. The finds appear to have been removed from a grave and concealed under the marketplace of Aigai, the heart of the ancient city.
(AP




By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS, Associated Press Writer Fri Aug 29, 11:10 AM ET



ATHENS, Greece - A priceless gold wreath has been unearthed in an ancient city in northern Greece, buried with human bones in a large copper vase that workers initially took for a land mine.

The University of Thessaloniki said in a statement Friday that the "astonishing" discovery was made during its excavations this week in the ruins of ancient Aigai. The city was the first capital of ancient Macedonia, where King Philip II — father of Alexander the Great — was assassinated.
Gold wreaths are rare and were buried with ancient nobles or royalty. But the find is also highly unusual as the artifacts appear to have been removed from a grave during ancient times and, for reasons that are unclear, reburied in the city's marketplace near the theater where Philip was stabbed to death.


"This happened quite soon after the original burial; it's not that a grave robber took it centuries later and hid it with the intention of coming back," excavator Chryssoula Saatsoglou-Paliadeli told The Associated Press. "It probably belonged to a high-ranking person."


The "impressively large" copper vessel contained a cylindrical golden jar with a lid, with the gold wreath of oak leaves and the bones inside.
"The young workman who saw it was astounded and shouted 'land mine!'" the university statement said.


Saatsoglou-Paliadeli, a professor of archaeology at the university, said the find probably dates to the 4th century B.C., during which Philip and Alexander reigned.


"Archaeologists must explain why such a group ... was found outside the extensive royal cemetery," the university statement said. "(They must also) work out why the bones of the unknown — but by no means insignificant — person were hidden in the city's most public and sacred area."
During the 4th century B.C., burials outside organized cemeteries were very uncommon.


In a royal cemetery at Vergina, just west of Aigai, Greek archaeologists discovered a wealth of gold and silver treasure in 1977. One of the opulent graves, which contained a large gold wreath of oak leaves, is generally accepted to have belonged to Philip II. The location of Alexander's tomb is one of the great mysteries of archaeology.


The sprawling remains of a large building with banquet halls and ornate mosaics at Aigai — some 520 kilometers (320 miles) north of Athens — has been identified as Philip's palace.


Aigai flourished in the 6th and 5th centuries B.C., attracting leading Greek artists such as the poet Euripides, who wrote his last tragedies there. The Macedonian capital was moved to Pella in the 4th century B.C., and Aigai was destroyed by the Romans in 168 B.C.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/greece_go...O5kqowk7bZn414

[Ariadni_Nefeli]

Originally Posted by Petros Houhoulis

Aaaah Ariadni, the Romans didn't steal the gold, but something immensely more valuable: The royal library of the Macedonians. This was transferred to Rome where it became the basis of their Greek libraries that resulted to the recognition of the value of the Greek culture by the Romans...

I don't know how to translate this in English, ίσως ουδεν καλόν αμιγές κακού καμία φορά!

[Petros Houhoulis]

Originally Posted by akritas

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/greece_go...O5kqowk7bZn414

What is really important now is to determine who was that person. My guess is that they shall compare DNA from the bones with those of the other person who had been buried with such a wreath. I am really eager to know their relationship, if any...

P.S.

It's already #1 amongst the most viewed world news on Yahoo! News...

...Ancient Macedonia attracts more attention than anything modern around...

P.S.

It's only first in the science section of MSN. Let's click and make it #1 in Europe news.

Seriously, let's start a new online campaign: Get this news first on Yahoo, MSN and other websites all around the world. Let's revive Ancient Macedonia...


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26455572/

[Cadmus]

Why werent the nobility and royalty buried in Greece with headsculptures /statues of their heads..??

In the Trebenisthe necropolis the royalty/nobels had those....but then again with no named described on them..so the ancient Macedonians had the most beautifull wealth but they did not bury their dead with such sculptures..

And also since when was cremation out of use in ancient Mac?

[Petros Houhoulis]

Originally Posted by Cadmus

Why werent the nobility and royalty buried in Greece with headsculptures /statues of their heads..??

In the Trebenisthe necropolis the royalty/nobels had those....but then again with no named described on them..so the ancient Macedonians had the most beautifull wealth but they did not bury their dead with such sculptures..

And also since when was cremation out of use in ancient Mac?

Argh! Do you expect from these fellas to remember that the Ancient Macedonian nobility was cremated? Even I had forgotten it...

P.S.

This is the news from Google, ranked very low:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g...y5eYQD92S14JG0

Go Macedonia, go...

[Mygdonia]

Bring back the Macedonian Kingdom.

I'll declare myself as the first naturally born King.

It makes perfect sense

[Petros Houhoulis]

Originally Posted by Mygdonia

Bring back the Macedonian Kingdom.

I'll declare myself as the first naturally born King.

It makes perfect sense

Would you employ me as your joker?