[Rare Artifacts 56] The Star of Macedonia, originally the Star of Vergina. In 1970, in the small town of Vergina in northern Greece, a 4th-century BC gold square box was unearthed, and the lid of the box depicted a Vergina Star. According to research, the golden box belonged to Alexander the Great's father, King Philip II of Macedon. This Macedonian star, originally a sun symbol of ancient Greece, flourished from the 6th to the 2nd century BC, and it also became a symbol of the Hellenization of Alexander's empire. Today, the flag of Macedonia in Greece depicts a Vergina Star.
Among the gold boxes excavated at that time was a beautifully made gold flower crown and the ashes of Philip II
The Vergina Sun , also known as the Star of Vergina, Vergina Star or Argead Star, is a rayed solar symbol first appearing in ancient Greek art of the period between the 6th and 2nd centuries BC. The Vergina Sun proper has sixteen triangular rays, while comparable symbols of the same period variously have sixteen, twelve, eight or (rarely) six rays.
The name "Vergina Sun" became widely used after the archaeological excavations in and around the small town of Vergina, in northern Greece, during the late 1970s. In older references, the name "Argead Star" or "Star of the Argeadai" is used for the Sun as the possible royal symbol of the Argead dynasty of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia. There it was depicted on a golden larnax found in a 4th-century BC royal tomb belonging to either Philip II or Philip III of Macedon, the father and half-brother of Alexander the Great, respectively.
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