ABSTRACT
In the nineteenth century, despite the fact that southern Greece had been liberated, Macedonia remained under Ottoman rule and interest in it was limited. An impressive Macedonian tomb was first noticed in World War I, the tomb of Maiefterion in Thessaloniki. During the second decade after the Liberation of Macedonia, the very important excavation at Chauchitza of 1920–1922 was carried out by Stanley Casson, who also took the opportunity to publish the first book on the antiquities of Macedonia, Illyria and Thrace. The few preserved monuments include the Roman Agora, the palatial complex of Galerius and certain monumental tombs in the city's eastern and western cemeter. The year 1962 was a milestone for Macedonian archaeology: as mentioned above the new archaeological museum was inaugurated and road-building revealed the unlooted tombs at Derveni with their magnificent finds which were the first impressive assemblages of the fourth century BC in Macedonia.
