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The museum of the tumulus of Philip II, which was inaugurated in 1993, was built over the tombs leaving them ''in situ'' and showing the tumulus as it was before the excavations. Inside the museum there are four tombs and one small temple, the ''[[heroon]]'' built as the temple for the burial cluster of Philip II. The two most important tombs (II and III) were not sacked and contained the main treasures of the museum. Tomb II of [[Philip II of Macedon|Philip II]], the father of Alexander was discovered in 1977 and was separated in two rooms. The main room included a marble chest, and in it was the ''[[larnax]]'' made of 24-carat gold and weighing {{convert|11|kg}}, embossed with the [[Vergina Sun]] symbol. Inside the golden larnax the bones of the dead were found and a golden wreath of 313 oak leaves and 68 acorns, weighing {{convert|717|g}}. In the room were also found the [[Chryselephantine sculpture|golden and ivory]] panoply of the dead, the richly carved burial bed on which he was laid and later burned and exquisite silver utensils for the funeral feast. Other magnificent items include several gold-adorned suits of armour, weapons, and bronze funeral utensils.