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Archaeology: Perseus "Rediscovered " in Marsica Tomb Friday June 10, 2005 (AGI) - Avezzano (Aquila), Italy, June 8 - Over
recent days a commission composed of representatives of the Culture
Ministry, the Macedonian embassy and Macedonian academics, has conducted
a survey, awaited for years, at the monumental tomb of King Perseus, the
last king of the Macedonians, buried along the Via Valeria near Magliano
de' Marsi (Aquila), as indicated on table II SE of the page 145 of the
Military Geographical Institute's map. Magliano council in collaboration
with Massa D'albe town council has ordered the cleaning of the
archaeological jewel of the scrub that hid and was seriously damaging
the structure. The Macedonian delegates will give life to a series of
cultural exchanges looking at the figure of the King Perseus, who spent
his last four years as a guest in the city of Alba Fucens, where he was
given a state funeral. His tomb is on the old Via Valeria, which goes
from Tivoli to Alba. The guests who spoke said that they wanted to
resolve the many doubts about the Macedonian king and to give the
prestigious archaeological site its proper profile. (AGI) -
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