Question
A 2015 paper by Bartsiokas et. al. argued that this ruler was buried in Tomb I of a royal burial complex due to a knee ankylosis in that tomb’s skeleton corresponding to a leg wound suffered by this ruler. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this ruler who names that burial complex at Aigai. A golden chest embossed with a sixteen-rayed sun found in Tomb II led archaeologists to initially identify it as the burial place of this ruler.
ANSWER: Philip II of Macedon [prompt on Philip]
[10m] The tombs at Vergina were buried under a “Great” one of these structures to deter looting. Another of these structures called the Soros was constructed to house the ashes of the 192 Athenians who died at the Battle of Marathon.
ANSWER: Great Tumulus [or tumuli; accept burial mound]
[10e] This ruler was not buried at Aigai because one of his generals, Ptolemy I Soter, seized his body while it was en route. This ruler’s death sparked the Wars of the Diadochi.
ANSWER: Alexander the Great [or Alexander III of Macedon]
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