Alexander the Great's Chiton Cloth Finally Found at Vergina Tombs

In an extraordinary archaeological discovery, a team of researchers may have uncovered Alexander the Great’s sacred tunic, the fabled “sarapis,” within Tomb II at Vergina, Greece. This sacred garment, identified by its royal purple dye and rare huntite mineral, could redefine our understanding of Alexander's legacy and his ties to Persian royalty. But what does this find mean for the ongoing mystery of his final resting place? Could we be on the verge of uncovering new connections to the tomb of one of history’s greatest conquerors?

Join us as we dive deep into the details of this unprecedented discovery, exploring its historical significance, the scientific analysis behind it, and its symbolic impact on Alexander’s vast empire. Could this be a step closer to finding Alexander's tomb—or, at the very least, a path toward closure on this ancient mystery?

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[keiferalford]

Not convinced. The cloth was found within Phillip the Second's Larnax or bone box. It was the cloth that draped Phillip's bones. Phillip had close contact with Persia and the Persians. Also, the figure in the hunting scene is not the figure identified as Alexander. He is the young figure on horseback to the right of the figure you showed. When Phillip the second was assassinated, he was cremated and his bones placed within the larnax along with the cloth. When this happened Alexander hadn't gone to Persia yet and was still quite young. Once Phillips bones and possessions were deposited in the larnax and placed in the tomb, the burnt bricks of his cremation was placed on top of the tomb and the tomb was sealed and buried under a mound, never to be opened or discovered until the archeological dig at Vergina in the 70's and 80's...so it's very highly unlikely that anything of Alexander's would be there. The archeologist found Phillips tomb intact and had to remove a key stone just to get a look inside. And all of the assassination, cremation, burial, and sealing would have been done before Alexander went to Persia. We must also remember that all royal tombs of the Macedonians at Vergina had their bones wrapped in royal cloths inside the larnaxes and they were purple...one was purple and gold with feathers...it's believed this one was the bones of Phillips new young wife and infant son believed to have been put to death by Alexander's mother Olympias... there are several documentaries of the tombs at Vergina and they are extremely worth watching.

[HollowAssassin]

What an incredible discovery! Thank you for sharing.

[ArcaneUniverse-]

6:05 took me on an incredible journey through time and space 🚀⏳ Absolutely fascinating!

[BarrySuridge]

Bartsiokas may have shown the chiton to be of Persian origin, but the jury is still out on whether Alexander once owned it.

[philippedivine]

The ancient accounts of what happened to Alexander's body are pretty clear about the main details. Perdiccas the regent, who was trying to maneuver himself into a position to become king, spent a long time building a temple-sized funeral cart which he sent back to Macedon from Babylon. It went up the length of Iraq and crossed into Syria, but was ambushed and stolen by Ptolemy who wanted to set himself up as an independent king in Egypt. Ptolemy's plan was to use the body to lend himself some much-needed legitimacy. The tomb he was building for it in his capital of Alexandria wasn't ready yet so he put it in temporary storage outside of Memphis, and shipped it north when the official tomb was done. It remained there for many centuries and was a major tourist attraction for visiting Roman dignitaries. The theft of Alexander's body started a major war among the Diadochi (Alexander's former generals) that eventually saw Perdiccas getting murdered in his tent after a failed attempt to storm across the Nile during his invasion of Egypt. What happened to Alexander's body is only a mystery of you're woefully ignorant of Hellenistic history.

[keiferalford]

Also the tomb was not of Alexander's brother. It's been conclusively found to have been his father Phillip's. It even has the bones sporting the injuries know to Phillip...the lame, spear damaged leg with deformed leg greaves to match plus the scared bones of the skull where Phillip lost a eye to an arrow...the tomb was most definitely Phillip's and sealed before Alexander went to Persia.
A separate tomb holding the bones of a man and woman and its thought this tomb might be Alexander's brother but it wasn't the tomb the cloth you are talking about was found in.

[theMasterChiefRules]

1:39 Darius, he’s not your cousin’s black boyfriend, it’s the king of Persia and his name is pronounced -Duh-rhye-us-

[helenamcginty]

So this might or might not be Alexander's tunic. So its just ancient fabric. That it has survived is what is interesting. Who cares who wore it? I don't.

[MrLiberty-cc]

Who cares were that old Homosexual is burried?.