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Science 21 April 2000:
Vol. 288. no. 5465, p. 411
DOI: 10.1126/science.288.5465.411a
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PALEOANTHROPOLOGY:
Is Alexander the Great's Father Missing, Too?

Robert Koenig

On page 511, a paper by a Greek paleoanthropologist argues that close-up photographic analysis of the remains of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great, actually belonged to his son (and Alexander's half-brother) Philip III Arrhidaeus. The new report also offers the tantalizing possibility that some of the tomb's artifacts, including a helmet and a ceremonial shield, may have actually belonged to the great conqueror himself.

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