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The Vergina Sun , also known as the Star of Vergina, Vergina Star, Macedonian Star or Argead Star, is a rayed solar symbol appearing in ancient Greek art of the period between the 6th and 2nd centuries BC. The Vergina Sun proper has sixteen triangular rays, while comparable symbols of the same period variously have sixteen, twelve, eight or six rays. The name Vergina Sun became widely used after the archaeological excavations in and around the small town of Vergina, in northern Greece, during the late 1970s. In older references, the name Argead Star or Star of the Argeadai is used for the Sun as the possible royal symbol of the Argead dynasty of Macedon. There it was depicted on a golden larnax found in a 4th-century BC royal tomb belonging to either Philip II or Philip III of Macedon, the father and half-brother of Alexander the Great, respectively. Tentatively interpreted as the historical royal symbol of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia , the Vergina Sun came into popular use among Macedonian Greeks since the 1980s, and became commonly used as an official emblem of the three regional units and the municipalities in the Greek region of Macedonia. The Vergina Sun symbol was the subject in a controversy in the first half of 1990s between Greece and the newly-independent Republic of Macedonia which adopted it as a symbol of Macedonian nationalism and depicted it on the newly-formed republic's flag. Eventually, in 1995 and as a result of this dispute, the young republic's flag was revised into a different rayed solar symbol. On 17 June 2018, the two countries signed the Prespa Agreement which stipulates the removal of the Vergina Sun from public use in the Republic of Macedonia's territory.
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