Macedonian Treasures in the floodlights at Pella’s Museum

It’s definitely time to go or to return to Pella, if only to see these unique Macedonian Treasures, most of which will  be exhibited for the first time at their New Archaeological Museum. Starting 5 September 2014, the pieces will be visible till the end of September 2015.

[picture from Proto Thema News]

The artifacts come from excavations carried out over the past 25 years at the royal necropolises in Aiges and Archontiko and include lots of gold in their wreaths, masks and weaponry, but also unique sculptures and vessels of alabaster, metal and terracotta. It seems that some objects have traveled in 2011 to the special exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford and the Louvre in Paris (Alexandre le Macédonien), but were never shown to a Greek audience.

The underlying idea is to create a comprehensive overview of Macedonia in Archaic and Classical times, which laid the foundations for the later prosperity of the Macedonian Kingdom, leading up to Alexander the Great.

Click here to see a great collection of detailed pictures published by Proto Thema News. I just miss to see Aiges and Archontiko on a map (and I hope that Aiges has not been confused with Aegae as I have seen before!)