--- title: Greek Archaeologists May Have Found Alexander the Great's Mother description: Greek experts found human remains that they believe are from one of Alexander the Great's immediate family members. canonical: https://time.com/3583282/alexander-the-great-family-bones/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-13T13:17:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T11:24:53.826Z article:section: History og:title: Greek Archaeologists May Have Found Alexander the Great's Mother og:description: They found his father a month ago og:url: https://time.com/3583282/alexander-the-great-family-bones/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Greek Archaeologists May Have Found Alexander the Great's Mother twitter:description: They found his father a month ago twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Greek Archaeologists May Have Found Alexander the Great's Mother  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Nov 13, 2014 1:17 PM UTC  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Nov 13, 2014 1:17 PM UTC Greek experts have found human remains that they believe are from one of Alexander the Great’s immediate family members,[ possibly his mother, his wife or his son](http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/science/article4265848.ece). The bones were found in a crypt in the northern Greek province of Macedonia, in an area that Alexander used as a military base. _The Times_ reports that the Greek culture ministry put out a statement saying, “It is clear that the dead person was a hero, a mortal who was worshipped by society at that time.” This new find comes about a month after the [discovery of King Phillip II’s remains](http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/remains-of-alexander-the-greats-father-confirmed-found-141009.htm), Alexander the Great’s father. \[[_The Times_](http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/science/article4265848.ece)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3583282/alexander-the-great-family-bones/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3583282/alexander-the-great-family-bones/"},"headline":"Greek Archaeologists May Have Found Alexander the Great's Mother","datePublished":"2014-11-13T13:17:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:24:53.826Z","description":"Many believe Alexander himself is buried in Egypt","url":"https://time.com/3583282/alexander-the-great-family-bones/","keywords":["Archaeology","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"History","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/history/","name":"History"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/archaeology/","name":"Archaeology"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3583282/alexander-the-great-family-bones/","name":"Greek Archaeologists May Have Found Alexander the Great's Mother"}}]}] ```