Hunter and Boar Complex. Agai (Vergina) c. 340-330 BCE Stone relief This relief shows a hunter facing a wild boar, a scene that would have been instantly recognizable in ancient Macedonia. Hunting was not just a practical activity, it was a way of showing strength, skill, and self control, qualities closely tied to identity. The sculpture was most likely set up as a votive offering in the gymnasium at Algai. In that setting, it would have spoken directly to young men training there, linking athl

Mother of the Gods, Fragments from a Lost City from the Archaeological Museum in Vergina, Greece This case holds the kinds of objects that usually get overlooked. Broken terracotta figurines, pottery sherds, roof tiles, loomweights. None of them look impressive on their own, but together they tell us something essential about daily life and religious practice at Vergina, ancient Agai. Several of these fragments belong to the cult of the Mother of the Gods, whose presence here is confirmed by vot