Megas Alexandros

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 ...
Sunday, February 8, 2026

Gadara holds one of the world’s longest underground aqueducts

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Gadara   has been identified as the ancient city half-hidden beneath modern Umm Qais in Jordan .   Until late Hellenistic times, the citize...
Saturday, January 31, 2026

Abukir, including Canopus and Thonis-Heracleion

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The waters along the Egyptian Coast hold a treasure trove of statues, columns, reliefs, and other architectural elements. Flooded ancient...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Kayseri and its hidden Hippodrome

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Kayseri was called Caesarea . To be named after Caesar , in this case Emperor Tiberius , who reigned from 14 AD to 37 AD, underscores its i...
Thursday, January 15, 2026

The tomb of Alexander the Great

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The tales about the tomb of Alexander are countless, varying from pure myth and wishful thinking to serious studies and well-documented anal...
Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Roman glassware, as good as new

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I have always been fascinated by Roman glassware in all its shapes, forms, and colors (see: The beauty of ancient glassware ).   Yet, I ne...
Monday, December 29, 2025

Kastabala, Hellenistic Hierapolis

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It happens quite frequently that two or more cities go by the same name. That can be very tricky if we don’t pay attention.   I actually sto...
Saturday, December 6, 2025

The use of opium in antiquity

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Opium may be best known from the mid-19th-century Opium Wars in China . More recently, it was associated with Afghanistan, which provided n...
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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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