VERGINA, GREECE—According to an Associated Press report, Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced the reopening of the site of the 2,300-year-old Palace of Aigai after a 16-year excavation and restoration project. The structure was built by Philip II, ruler of Macedonia from 359 to 336 B.C. and father of Alexander the Great. Considered to be the largest structure in classical Greece, the 160,000-square-foot palace consists of column-lined courtyards, courts, banquet halls, and temples decorated with patterned marble floors and mosaics. Tombs found near the palace contained a gold casket and the possible remains of Philip II. To read about a mystery cult into which Philip and his wife Olympias were initiated, go to "Secret Rites of Samothrace."
