Museum · Vergina, Veria, Central Macedonia
Museum of the Royal Tombs of Aigai
Μουσείο Βασιλικών Τάφων Αιγών · Μουσείο Βασιλικών Τάφων των Αιγών
The Museum of the Royal Tombs of Aigai is the museum at Vergina in Central Macedonia whose building resembles an earthen tumulus and which presents the royal tombs of Aigai, including the tomb of Philip II.
Why go
Hellenic Heritage presents the Museum of the Royal Tombs as one part of the Polycentric Museum of Aigai at Vergina, together with the Palace of Aigai and the main museum building; this record is the Royal Tombs museum, not the palace or the wider archaeological site of Aigai. Its page describes a building that resembles an earthen tumulus, entered by a stone passage, with the façade of the tomb of Philip II and a treasure exhibition that includes his golden larnax and wreath. Hellenic Heritage's official ticket store sells one timed-entry ticket for the Polycentric Museum of Aigai, labelled Royal Tombs - Display of Treasures; the ticket page does not say whether it also covers the palace and the main building.
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