The Archaeological Museum of Philippi stands beside the ruins of the ancient city near Krinides in northern Greece. Its galleries bring together finds from Philippi and the wider region, including Dikili Tash, and follow human activity from prehistory through the Byzantine era. For visitors who know Philippi only from the battle of 42 BCE or the travels of the Apostle Paul, the museum provides the longer, more complicated urban story.
Philip II of Macedon took the settlement in 356 BCE, renamed it Philippi and strengthened a strategically placed city near gold resources and routes across eastern Macedonia. After the Roman civil-war battle, Philippi developed as a Roman colony on the Via Egnatia. In the early Christian period, its association with Paul and the growth of major basilicas transformed the city again. UNESCO inscribed the Archaeological Site of Philippi in 2016 for this exceptional sequence.
