Five new royal tombs have been discovered in excavations at the royal necropolis of Aigai, in Northern Greece, according to findings presented by excavator and director of the 17th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, Angeliki Kottaridi, at the 27th meeting covering Archaeological Works in Macedonia and Thrace on March 13-15. The Temenid burial cluster was located in one corner of the Aeges cemetery and although the cemetery has been brutally looted, monuments demonstrate impressive evidence of funerary architecture as well as portraits of the royal family of King Perdiccas II.

According to Kottaridi, "one tomb is of particular importance, since it demonstrates a large underground room with white walls decorated with painted garland, fronds, flowers and ivy leaves and is the oldest example we know from Macedonia."