Also known as the father of Alexander the Great. Phil's tomb and remains were ID'ed last week. Found in 1977 and analysed since 2009, it appears they have a match.
This has been an interesting year for archeaology. Richard III, the Franklin expedition, and now this.
http://news.discovery.com/history/a...-the-greats-father-confirmed-found-141009.htm
This has been an interesting year for archeaology. Richard III, the Franklin expedition, and now this.
http://news.discovery.com/history/a...-the-greats-father-confirmed-found-141009.htm
A team of Greek researchers has confirmed that bones found in a two-chambered royal tomb at Vergina, a town some 100 miles away from Amphipolis's mysterious burial mound, indeed belong to the Macedonian King Philip II, Alexander the Great's father.
The anthropological investigation examined 350 bones and fragments found in two larnakes, or caskets, of the tomb. It uncovered pathologies, activity markers and trauma that helped identify the tomb's occupants.
The findings will be announced on Friday at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki. Accompanied by 3,000 digital color photographs and supported by X-ray computed tomography, scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray fluorescence, the research aims to settle a decades-old debate over the cremated skeleton.