Priceless artefact found in Greece
Updated on 29 August 2008
A priceless gold wreath has been unearthed in an ancient city in northern Greece, buried with human bones in a large copper vase that workers initially took for a landmine.
The University of Thessaloniki said the "astonishing" discovery was made during excavations in the ruins of ancient Aigai. The city was the first capital of ancient Macedonia where King Philip II -- father of Alexander the Great -- was assassinated.
The find is highly unusual as the rich artefacts appear to have been removed from a grave during ancient times and, for reasons that remain unclear, reburied in the city's marketplace near a shrine of the goddess Eukleia.
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