One of the royal tombs discovered by the archaeologist Manolis Andronikos in the so-called "Great Tumulus" in Vergina in 1977/8 is believed to belong to Alexander IV.
Andronikos claimed that these were the burial sites of the kings of Macedon, including the tomb of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great (Tomb II).
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Tomb II of Philip II, the father of Alexander was discovered in 1977 and was separated in two rooms.
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It was built in the 4th century BC and the archaeologists believe that the tomb belonged to Antigonus II Gonatas.
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After the war the excavations were resumed, and during the 1950s and 1960s the rest of the royal capital was uncovered including the theatre in which Philip II was murdered at the wedding of his daughter Cleopatra to King Alexander of Epirus.
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