Macedonian Treasures
A Tour through the Museum of the Royal Tombs of Aigai
by Angeliki Kottaridi
Paperback (Published)
(December 2011)
ISBN: 9789606878404
Price: $24.00
On back order
This guide to the Museum of the Royal Tombs of Aigai – in Imathia, Central Macedonia – takes the reader step by step on the tour of this particularly spare and austere, yet simultaneously atmospheric, exhibition of the treasures from these tombs. Impressive photographs accompany historical information. 154 colour illustrations.
The Museum of the Royal Tombs of Aigai was built especially to protect the monuments in the burial complex of King Philip II and to facilitate the public’s access to their splendid murals, original large-scale paintings of the Classical period. In the form of an ancient tumulus and encasing the monuments, this Museum-Mausoleum is dedicated to the memory of illustrious historical figures familiar to all. This guide to the Museum of the Royal Tombs takes the reader step by step on the tour of this particularly spare and austere, yet simultaneously atmospheric, exhibition of the treasures from these tombs, which are displayed in units. Impressive photographs accompany historical information and the presentation of the exhibits, transporting the visitor through space and time, in the footsteps of the remarkable flowering of culture in the land of Macedonia during Classical Antiquity.
- By (author) Angeliki Kottaridi
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