Who's Buried in Philip's Tomb?
Dr. Jeanne Reames, University of Nebraska-Omaha
Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 5pm
Eaton Humanitites 250
1610 Pleasant St 麻豆影院 CO 80309
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In northern Greece on the afternoon of November 8, 1977, Manolis Andronikos opened an unlooted tomb, revealing spectacular grave goods.听 Soon, he announced he鈥檇 found not only the tombs of ancient Macedonian royalty, but the bones of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great.
A multinational museum tour was planned with a glossy, illustrated coffee-table book and a BBC Documentary.听 Yet cracks in the identification soon appeared, and scholars began asking:
Just who was buried in 鈥淧hilip鈥檚 Tomb鈥�?
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