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Ruins in North Macedonia could also be Alexander the Nice’s household’s historic capital

Editorial Board Published April 20, 2025
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Archaeologists lately uncovered the stays of a misplaced metropolis relationship again hundreds of years – and newfound proof suggests it might be the capital of a once-thriving civilization.

The latest excavation was introduced by California State Polytechnic College, Humboldt, on April 4. It came about at Gradishte, an archaeological web site close to the North Macedonian village of Crnobuki; it was finished with the assistance of specialists from Macedonia’s Institute and Museum in Bitola.

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“Every indication is pointing toward this being the city of Lyncus, within Lyncestis,” Angeloff mentioned. 

“Nothing is pointing away from it being Lyncus.”

Archaeologists working in North Macedonia could have uncovered an historic, long-lost capital metropolis. “It’s a unique find,” mentioned one professional.  (Cal Poly Humboldt)

Lyncus was the one metropolis related to Higher Macedonia, in keeping with Angeloff, and had by no means been discovered earlier than.

“[The discovery is] very rare,” the professional mentioned. “It’s a unique find.”

Lyncus, settled within the seventh century B.C., was the birthplace of Eurydice I of Macedon. 

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Although few have heard of the traditional queen, practically everybody has heard of her grandson, Alexander the Nice.

“This is the only appropriate location that we have determined may be the ancient city of Lyncus, where Alexander the Great’s grandmother was born and raised,” he mentioned.

A theater token was discovered on the web site, suggesting {that a} theater constructing could also be discovered sooner or later. (Cal Poly Humboldt)

“Eurydice I was a very powerful woman in that time in human history,” the archaeologist continued.

“There’s only one city that she could have come from, and we may have found it.”

She additionally mentioned, “Without Eurydice, we don’t have Philip II, Alexander’s father, nor do we have Alexander the Great.”

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Details about the positioning is quickly altering. Initially, historians believed the ruins at Gradishte had been constructed throughout the reign of Macedonian chief King Philip V, who dominated from 221 to 179 B.C.

However a coin from Alexander the Nice’s reign emerged, pushing it again to the 4th century B.C. Now, it seems to be like the positioning was additionally occupied lots of of years earlier than, throughout the Bronze Age.

On the web site, archaeologists used the remote-sensing expertise LiDAR (Gentle Detection and Ranging) to see beneath the bottom. Angeloff estimated that roughly 10,000 individuals lived within the metropolis at its peak, although future excavations are prone to yield extra correct info.

“The potential for archaeology across North Macedonia … is highly significant.”

“It has become very clear, using technology, that the fortress [we found] was designed to hold an entire city,” the historian mentioned. “And we see the whole array of infrastructure required to hold a city inside fortress walls during an attack by Rome in particular in this case.”

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Angeloff added, “We were able to overlay and see what was underneath the ground. And the acropolis that it sits on, which is basically a flat hilltop, has enough rooms and infrastructure to hold an entire city inside the fortress walls.”

A coin depicting Alexander the Nice was discovered by archaeologists. (Cal Poly Humboldt)

Excavators found a textile workshop along with quite a few artifacts, together with a coin with Alexander the Nice’s likeness, axes, sport items, an oil lamp, even a small ceramic displaying a coronary heart motif.

One of the vital curious artifacts was a clay theater ticket, which Angeloff mentioned was distinctive to North Macedonia.

“Typically, theater tickets [were] made of a metal, whether bronze or iron, but they’re always reused,” he mentioned. “There has never been a location in North Macedonia with a theater ticket that has been found that did not have a theater.”

He added, “Using our LiDAR, we think we may have located the theater, and it looks, for all intents and purposes, like a Macedonian theater, not a Roman theater.”

“There’s been relatively little work and relatively little investment into this region.”

The archaeologist, stressing the historic significance of the venture, mentioned his crew plans to return to North Macedonia in Could and June for extra excavations.

“The potential for archaeology across North Macedonia to inform our understanding of the classical [eras], as well as the Roman era, is highly significant,” Angeloff mentioned. “There’s been relatively little work and relatively little investment into this region.”

An oil lamp was found on the excavation web site, together with a ceramic artifact with coronary heart shapes carved into it. (Cal Poly Humboldt)

“So we have an opportunity here to expand our knowledge of the times of Alexander the Great, [and] the times of the Roman Empire, exponentially, through our work in Macedonia.”

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