Aigai

Summary

Aigai is an archaeological site^[1]. Aigai ranks in the top 4% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (562 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Aigai's religion is recorded as Ancient Greek religion^[3].
• Aigai is located in Veria Municipality^[4].
• Aigai is in the country of Greece^[5].
• Aigai is in the country of Macedonia^[6].
• Aigai's instance of is recorded as archaeological site^[7].
• Aigai's instance of is recorded as ancient city^[8].
• Aigai's instance of is recorded as polis^[9].
• Aigai's maintained by is recorded as Ephorate of Antiquities of Hemathia^[10].
• Aigai took place at Vergina^[11].
• Aigai's Commons category is recorded as Archaeological site of Aigai^[12].
• Aigai comprises Museum of the Royal Tombs in Aigai^[13].
• Aigai comprises Polycentric Museum of Aigai^[14].
• 750 BC marks the founding of Aigai^[15].
• Aigai was dissolved in 100^[16].
• Aigai's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.4779658, 'lon': 22.3227596}^[17].
• Aigai's official website is recorded as https://www.aigai.gr/^[18].
• Aigai's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Aigai (Vergina)^[19].
• Aigai's described at URL is recorded as http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=2362^[20].
• Aigai's described at URL is recorded as http://vergina.web.auth.gr/VeginaSite/html/index/index.html^[21].
• Aigai's visitors per year is recorded as {'amount': '+186627'}^[22].
• Aigai's visitors per year is recorded as {'amount': '+203632'}^[23].
• Aigai's visitors per year is recorded as {'amount': '+222503'}^[24].
• Aigai's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[25].
• Aigai's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• Aigai's described by source is recorded as A Companion to Ancient Macedonia^[27].

Body

Founding

750 BC marks the founding of Aigai^[15].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'Αἰγαί'}^[28], {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'Αἰγέαι'}^[29], {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'Αἰγαῖα'}^[30], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Aigai'}^[31], and {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'Αιγές'}^[32].

Dissolution

Aigai was dissolved in 100^[16].

Why It Matters

Aigai ranks in the top 4% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (562 views/month).^[2] Aigai has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Aigai is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]