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The Rape of Persephone Hades carries Persephone off to the Underworld. Fresco from Tomb I. Museum of the Royal Tombs of Aigai.

A IGA I R E ACHES NEW HEIGHTS Long known for its royal tombs and its renowned ill-fated king, Philip II, ancient Aigai is now the focus of a new, larger museum at Vergina, slated to bring a groundbreaking digital focus on Alexander the Great. T E X T: J O H N L E O N A R D

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