Aegae or Aigai, also Aegeae or Aigeai (Αἰγέαι) was the original capital of the Macedonians, an ancient kingdom in Emathia in northern Greece. Currently the site falls within the town of Vergina.
Coinage of Aegae towards the end of the reign of Amyntas I, under Achaemenid Macedonia, circa 510–480 BC. Goat kneeling right, head reverted; pellet above and before / Quadripartite incuse square.
Great Tumulus of Aegae
The tomb of Philip II of Macedon at the Museum of the Royal Tombs in Vergina
The golden larnax and the golden grave crown of Philip
Emathia in ancient times was a geopolitical toponym, although no doubt based on a type of terrain prevalent in the region at the time. The toponym comprised different territories at different times, expanding from a base in the lower Axios River valley to include all of what was renamed to Macedonia.
Aggradation, Axios Delta National Park. Note the sand.
Imathia, but not Emathia. In the time before Emathia became Macedonia, the area shown was part of the Thermaic Gulf. The Loudias River shown here did not exist. Emathia was elsewhere, undoubtedly north.
A sample sedimentary core from Antarctica showing the same sorts of sedimentary events as might be seem in GIANNITB.
View of the Haliakmon River from a cabin in the Pierian Mountains. The size of the river reflects its impoundment there. The river flows to the right.
