Megas Alexandros

Friday, April 24, 2026

Delphic Hymns and ancient Greek music

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My first discovery of Greek musical annotations happened in 2012 when I saw the Seikilos column at the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterda...
Friday, April 17, 2026

Alexandria-on-the-Tigris

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Since the beginning of this year , Alexandria-on-the-Tigris has been repeatedly discussed on the internet, and I was hoping to find new inf...
Friday, April 10, 2026

The story around Alexander’s copy of the Iliad

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Throughout history, it transpires that Alexander liked to present himself as the new Achilles . His Companions jokingly said it was because ...
Friday, April 3, 2026

Unique opportunity to explore Alexander’s homeland

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The team at Peter Sommer Travel has crafted a new unforgettable itinerary, ‘in this extraordinary part of the world’, Macedonia in Greece: V...
Friday, March 27, 2026

Excavations restarted in Ptolemais, Cyrenaica region of Libya

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It is heartwarming to read that excavations in the city and harbor of Ptolemais have resumed in 2023. The initial diggings began in 2001...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

Antiquity in full color

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Since 2013, I have repeatedly highlighted how colorful our world was in Greek and Roman antiquity.   In my first post, Ancient Greece in fu...
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Uniqueness of Agrigento’s Gymnasium

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Antique Greek and Roman cities come with a standard number of very recognizable monuments, such as the temples to their gods and goddesses, ...
Wednesday, March 4, 2026

A few words about Syedra

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Syedra was discovered as recently as 1994, but excavations only slowly exposed parts of this ancient port city, a good 20 kilometers south...
Tuesday, February 24, 2026

The Trojan War in the absence of Helen

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Hector seated The Trojan War , as recounted by Homer , is a beautiful love story of Paris  and  Helen   set against the cruelty of war when...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

First results on the restoration of the Palace in Pella

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Until now, very little could be seen of the excavations carried out inside the walls of the Royal Palace in Pella .   The Palace occupied a ...
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Ever since my early visits to Greece, Alexander was my faithful travel companion. Eventually, I followed him into modern-day countries such as Albania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Libya, Iran and Uzbekistan. Standing on the banks of the Granicus, skirting the Zagros Mountains, or crossing the Oxus River on foot gave me a totally different feeling and perspective of the events than what is recounted otherwise. I returned home with scores of stories about the heritage left by Alexander and the Hellenistic Era he initiated. My travels and encounters with Alexander were a most wonderful and exhilarating experience, which I love to share with my readers. This led me to writing my book, 'Alexander the Great was here, and so was I', which can be used as a travel guide; but also as a historical guide to follow Alexander the Great, making his way through history.
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