Ancient Pydna, the city that thanks to her port and strategic location played a significant role in the history of Macedonia, is located 2 Km, south from the modern village of Makrygialos.The first habitation in the area is dated to the late Bronze Age. The above settlement expanded during the following periods, the early Iron Age and the Archaic times. Pydna flourished in the 5th century B.C and the written sources clearly declare that she was a Macedonian city. Pydna prospered in the second half of the 4th century B.C and the Hellenistic period as it results from the significant events of Hellenistic Macedonia that were carried out at here. Kassander besieged Olympias, Alexander’s the Great mother who had taken refuge in Pydna in 317/6 B.C. Olympias was murdered and buried at Pydna. In 168 B.C., the Macedonian army under the leadership of Perseus was defeated by the Romans, led by Aemilious Paulus, at Pydna. The battle of Pydna was among the most significant in antiquity and played an important role in the subsequent political events of Greece. After the fall of the Macedonian kingdom it was only a matter of time for the Romans to take the control of the political affairs in Greece.The excavations of the 16th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities started in 1975. In the 80’s, larger scale excavations were carried out and the activities focused in Pydna. It must be noted that only rescue excavations were carried out as a result of building or illicid archaeological activities. The investigation was mainly carried out at the cemeteries, were hundreds of graves, dated to the Early Iron Age, the Classical, Hellenistic and the Roman period, came to light. Many of the graves were unlooted and yielded rich grave-goods, such as iron and bronze arms, gold, silver and bronze jewelry, clay, glass, silver and bronze vases, terracota figurines, ivory figurines which originally decorated the wooden beds, coins etc. The artifacts mentioned above are classified among the most significant groups of finds from Macedonia.