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	Vergina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vergina (in Greek Βεργίνα; also spelled Verghina) is a small town in northern Greece, in the district of Imathia in the province of Central Macedonia.
		The larnax (gold casket) which Andronikos identified as containing the remains of Philip II has a symbol of a sun or star on its lid, and this Vergina Sun has been adopted as a symbol of Greek Macedonia.
		Archaeologists were interested in the hills around Vergina as early as the 1850s, knowing that the site of Aigai was in the vicinity and suspecting that the hills were burial mounds.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vergina (737 words)

	Vergina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Vergina is a town in northern Greece, in the district of Pieria in the province of Central Macedonia.
		The gold casket which Andronikos identified as containing the remains of Philip II has a symbol of a sun or star on its lid, and this Vergina Sun has been adopted as a symbol of Greek Macedonia.
		Recently they were returned to Vergina and installed in a museum which has been built inside the Great Tumulus, and is one of the finest examples of modern museology.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Vergina (605 words)

	Search Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sun Belt Sun Belt or Sunbelt, southern tier of the United States, focused on Florida, Texas, Arizona, and California, and extending as far north as Virginia.
		Sun grebes, also called finfoots, are remarkable for their colorful, puffy-toed, webbed feet, which may serve as lures for fish and other aquatic animals.
		The midnight sun is due to the fact that the plane of the earth's equator is tilted about 231/2° to the plane of the ecliptic (the apparent path of the sun through the sky).
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=Vergina+Sun (575 words)

	Vergina Sun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The significance of the Vergina Sun is unclear.
		The flag with the Vergina Sun at the Kozani Prefecture, along with the EU and the Flag of Greece
		The symbol was widely adopted within Greece; the Vergina Sun on a blue background is commonly used as a state emblem of the three peripheries, the prefectures and the municipalities of the region of Macedonia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vergina_Sun (552 words)

	Encyclopedia: Vergina Sun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Vergina Sun or Star of Vergina is a sixteen-ray star symbol found in archaeological excavations in Vergina in northern Greece.
		The Vergina Sun, a symbol associated with the Macedonian kingdom Macedon (or Macedonia from Greek ; see also List of traditional Greek place names) was the name of an ancient kingdom located in the northern part of ancient Greece, bordering the Greek kingdom of Epirus on the west and the non...
		The Vergina Sun was removed from the Republic of Macedonia's flag in 1995, as part of an agreement for the country's admission to the United Nations.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Vergina-Sun (1333 words)

	Vergina - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Vergina (in Greek Βεργίνα) is a town in northern Greece, in the district of Pieria in the province of Central Macedonia.
		The larnax believed to be that of Philip II The larnax (gold casket) which Andronikos identified as containing the remains of Philip II has a symbol of a sun or star on its lid, and this Vergina Sun has been adopted as a symbol of Greek Macedonia.
		This story from the Greek newspaper Kathemerini confirms that the larnax and other Vergina treasures are now in Vergina.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Vergina (588 words)

	Macedonia: Unidentified political flags (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The shield is topped by a golden sun (not the Vergina sun, but a kind of mullet, seemingly with the same number of rays as the Vergina sun), and below the shield two letters are partially visible: the first one is an "M", the second either an "E" of an "F", still in gold.
		The coat of arms Gules, lion rampant or is attributed to Macedonia by Smith [smi80].
		The sun is probably a new element, introduced with the Vergina sun and the current flag.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/mk}ufe.html (268 words)

	Encyclopedia article: Vergina Sun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The larnax is generally believed to have belonged to King Philip II of Macedon (King of ancient Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great (382-336 BC)).
		A close-up of an 8-pointed sun is displayed on the current flag (additional info and facts about current flag).
		A Vergina Sun on a blue background is still used as the official symbol of the Greek province of Macedonia (Landlocked republic on the Balkan Peninsula; achieved independence from Yugoslavia in 1991).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/v/ve/vergina_sun.htm (211 words)

	Vergina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Vergina is a town in northern Greece, in the district of Pieria inthe province of Central Macedonia.
		The gold casket which Andronikos identified as containing the remains of Philip II has a symbol of a sun or star on its lid,and this Vergina Sun has been adopted as a symbol of Greek Macedonia.
		Archaeologists were interested in the hills around Vergina as early as the 1850s, knowing that the site of Aigai was in thevicinity and suspecting that the hills were burial mounds.
	www.therfcc.org /vergina-15425.html (576 words)

	Makedonija - Flag of the Republic (English) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Greek government considers the Vergina Sun to be a Greek symbol and as such should not be used by Macedonia.
		The Vergina Sun, the emblem of Philip's dynasty, symbolizes the birth of the Greek nation.
		The `Sun' was excavated in Greece in 1978, and it is sacred to all Greeks.
	users.tpg.com.au /gobrown/fyrom/flag.htm (457 words)

	Vergina Sun - TheBestLinks.com - Alexander the Great, Greece, Middle East, Republic of Macedonia, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Vergina Sun, Alexander the Great, Greece, Middle East, Republic of Macedonia...
		When Yugoslavia split in 1991, the Republic of Macedonia designated the Vergina Sun as its national symbol, and displayed it on its flag.
		This was seen by Greece as a direct claim on the legacy of Philip II (and therefore his son, Alexander the Great), a territorial claim on the Greek province of Macedonia, the Vergina site, and a claim on the larnax itself.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Vergina_Sun.html (359 words)

	Marco Island Sun Times - Local News - 03/18/2004 - Vergina restaurant opens this week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Vergina has been the scene of bustling activity for the past several weeks as the owners and staff prepare for the opening of the second full service restaurant in The Esplanade.
		The opening of Vergina on Marco follows the Jan. 25 opening of the Bayview restaurant, also owned by Rimaco, for casual dining on the opposite side of the open courtyard overlooking Smokehouse Bay.
		The radiating star Vergina with its 16 rays is the historic symbol of Macedonian heritage.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=11137583&BRD=2256&PAG=461&dept_id=455823&rfi=6 (887 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Vergina
		Vergina (in Greek Βεργίνα) is a town in northern Greece, in the district of Imathia in the province of Central Macedonia.
		It is about 13km south-east of the district centre of Veroia and about 80km south-west of Thessaloniki, the capital of Greek Macedonia, on the foothills of Mount Pieria (2,193m).
		This has now become the firm view of Greek archaeologists and the Greek government, but some other archaeologists dispute this identification.A large quantity of works of art, many in gold, were removed from the tombs.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Vergina (593 words)

	Macedonian Flag
		The flag of the Republic of Macedonia represents a golden sun on a red surface.
		The 16 pointed sun of Alexander the Macedonian is Macedonian historical country's flag
		Macedonia (Peoples Republic of, until 1963, Socialsit Republic until 1991) used a red flag with a yellow outlined star in upper hoist corner.This flag was adopted on 31 December 1946, and replaced with the Vergina sun flag in 1991.
	www.mymacedonia.net /links/flag.htm (240 words)

	Macedonia: Political flags (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is red with the top half of the 'sun' of the old Macedonia flag with the party's initials in cyrillic interspersed among the rays and below there's a figure of eight type shield with the outline of a gold lion rampant.
		The flag of VMRO-DPMNE is currently with red and fl stripes with Vergina sun in canton (adopted c.
		The shield was topped by a golden sun (not the Vergina sun, but a kind of mullet, seemingly with the same number of rays as the Vergina sun), and below the shield two letters where partially visible: the first one was an "M", the second either an "E" of an "F", still in gold.
	www.netlinkit.dk /FOTW/flags/mk}.html (626 words)

	Macedonia (Greece) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		I think that the Greek government must have realised that the Star of Vergina, although considered as undoubtedly Greek, was nevertheless not an official Greek emblem, since it was not incorporated in the arms of the Hellenic Republic or any other form of state emblem.
		This flag was more than obviously created to annoy Macedonians, inverting the original red and blue of proposal for the first Macedonian flag (the flag that was in use in1992-1995 had no details in the sun-disk, proposal had).
		Incidentally, another version of a flag with the sun of Vergina is one I saw last weekend in Thessaloniki (again, it was for sale).
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gr-maced.html (479 words)

	Wikipedia: Vergina
		The Casket believed to be that of Phillip II.
		The gold casket which Andronikos identified as containing the remains of Phillip II has a symbol of a sun or star on its lid, and this Vergina Sun has been adopted as a symbol of Greek Macedonia.
		These included the gold casket with the Sun of Vergina on the lid, which Andronikos maintains contained the cremated remains of Phillip II.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/v/ve/vergina.html (600 words)

	1994/04/06 17:33 WHO WILL UNTIE THE GREEK - MACEDONIAN KNOT?
		Greece insists on the sun being taken off the Macedonian flag, as it is the symbol of the Macedonian dynasty engraved on the golden casket near today's Vergina, in which the remains of the father of Alexander the Great - Philip the Second were found.
		The Vergina sun found itself on the Macedonian flag in the attempt to avoid the lion which was problematic, because it had Bulgarian roots and also because the one suggested reminded of the lion on the Bulgarian flag.
		Fleeing from the pro-Bulgarian symbol, Macedonia stumbled on the Vergina sun, where most of those voting in the Republican Parliament did not even know where the symbol originated from.
	www.aimpress.ch /dyn/trae/archive/data/199404/40406-007-trae-sko.htm (939 words)

	Star of Vergina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Vergina Sun is the sixteen-ray star symbol that decorates the golden larnax found inburial site II, in Vergina, Greece, byarchaeologist Prof.
		This was seenby Greece as a direct claim by FYROM on the legacy of Philip II (and therefore his son, Alexander the Great), a territorial claim on the Greek province of Macedonia, the Vergina site,and a claim on the larnax itself.
		The Vergina Sun was removed from the FYROM's flag in 1995, as part of an agreement for the country's admission to the UnitedNations.
	www.therfcc.org /star-of-vergina-153697.html (287 words)

	1) GREEK CLAIM: "There is no doupt that ancient Macedonians were Greek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Among the discoveries of this tomb is the "Vergina sun" the symbol that FYROM attempted to use on its flag initially".
		The Macedonian sun can be found engraved on the centuries-old Macedonian churches and monasteries, and it is also common in the hand made centuries-old folklore designs.
		This original Macedonian name was replaced by the Greek name Vergina, after Greece swallowed 51% of the territory of Macedonia, including Kutlesh, with the partition of 1913.
	faq.macedonia.org /history/ancient.macedonia/1.html (269 words)

	Sun Lotion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sunscreen Sunscreen or sunblock is a lotion that is applied to reduce skin damage and by blocking ultraviolet radiation from the sun.
		A significant portion of Kouk Sun Do practice consists of meditative breathing techniques purported to "circulate" and "direct" a sensible energy within the physical body and local surroundings of the practioner.
		Vergina Sun The Macedonian flag 1991-1995 showing a Vergina Sun The Vergina Sun is the sixteen-ray star that was a symbol of the ancient state of Macedon.
	www.bobeach.com /Sun+Lotion+.html (625 words)

	flag of Macedonia: The 1992-1995 flag flags
		The former official Macedonian flag was retained until it was replaced with the flag with the sun of Vergina.
		Among these controversial symbols there is the device (like a sun) which appears in the middle of the Macedonian flag.
		The Vergina Sun, the emblem of Philip's dynasty, symbolizes the birth of our nation.
	www.flags-of-the-world.net /flags/mk-1992.html (647 words)

	Macedonia: The 1992-1995 flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		At independence in 1992, the flag of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia was retained until it was replaced with the flag with the so-called sun of Vergina.
		However there is no agreement that this is the tomb of Philip II nor that this emblem (which appears with a variety of numbers of arms) was either the dynastic emblem of the Argeads (the ruling house of Macedonia) or of the country itself.
		The Dorling-Kindersley Pocket Flag Book [udk97] claims that at independence in 1992 Macedonia retained the red flag but added a gold star in a gold sun, which was soon changed to the sun of Vergina.
	flagspot.net /flags/mk-1992.html (815 words)

	Flag of the Republic of Macedonia - TheBestLinks.com - Greece, National flag, Vergina Sun, National anthem, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Flag of the Republic of Macedonia represents a rising yellow sun with eight rays extending to the edges of the red field.
		Before 1995, the flag used the Vergina Sun, which led to protests from neighboring Greece due to the symbol's origins.
		Until 1991, when the Socialist Republic of Macedonia was part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the flag was a red flag with a red star in the top corner next to the hoist.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Macedonia.html (171 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Foreign relations of the Republic of Macedonia
		The flag: the sixteen-ray "Vergina Sun" star that was to appear on the flag was a symbol of the ancient state of Macedon, to which Greece claimed to be the sole heir.
		The constitution: a reference in Article 49 to the Republic caring "for the status and rights of those persons belonging to the Macedonian people in neighboring countries, as well as Macedonian expatriates, assisting their cultural development and promoting links with them," which Greece interpreted as encouraging separatism among its own Macedonian Slav minority.
		The sanctions were lifted September 1995 after the Republic of Macedonia changed its flag to an eight-ray sun and not the Vergina Sun, changed the constitution to state explicitly that "The Republic of Macedonia has no territorial pretensions towards any neighboring state".
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/FYROM_naming_dispute (850 words)

	Vergina
		“...the site [Vergina] is of outstanding universal value representing an exceptional testimony to a significant development in European civilization, at the transition from classical city-state to the imperial structure of the Hellenistic and Roman periods.” WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE, UNITED NATIONS
		Larnax, with the Vergina Sun symbol, thought to have belonged to King Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great.
		Archaeologists do not agree whether the Vergina sun was a symbol of the ancient state of Macedon, a symbol of Phillip's dynasty, a religious symbol, or simply a decorative design.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Cities/Vergina.html (771 words)

	History of the Republic of Macedonia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The flag: the sixteen-ray " Vergina Sun " star that was to appear on flag was a symbol of the ancient of Macedon to which Greece claimed to be sole heir.
		The constitution: a reference in Article to the Republic caring "for the status rights of those persons belonging to the people in neighboring countries as well as expatriates assist[ing] their cultural development and promot[ing] with them " which Greece interpreted as separatism among its own Macedonian Slav minority.
		The sanctions lifted September 1995 after the Republic of changed its flag to an eight-ray sun not the Vergina Sun changed the constitution to state explicitly "The Republic of Macedonia has no territorial towards any neighboring state".
	www.freeglossary.com /Macedonia/History (853 words)

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