Myrtle wreath at Vergina

[1] From the Hellenistic period (300-30 BC), the gold wreath is thought to belong to Meda, the Thracian princess and fifth wife of Philip II of Macedon.

[2] Which was theorized by Greek archaeologist Manolis Andronikos, whom excavated the tomb of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great in 1977.

Greeks wore wreaths for special events and received them as athletic prizes and honors.

[4] The wreaths were made of gold foil, they were created to be buried with the dead but too fragile to be worn for everyday attire.

The main wreath, from which the small twigs sprouted, consists of a narrow cylindrical rod, whose two ends are flattened by twisting together.