Megas Alexandros

Several years ago, there were talks between Athens   and Baghdad   to intensify cultural cooperation. One point on the agenda was that  Athe...

Air-coolers and air-conditioning are hot news these days when global temperatures are rising and we seek the comforting relief provided by m...

Alexandria , founded by Alexander in 333 BC, remains largely hidden under the modern city. Occasional excavations occur, mostly in the Al-S...

No doubt, all fans and admirers of Alexander will look forward to attending this play at the Getty Villa in Malibu , California. This is ho...

  As a matter of course, we expect about every Greek city to have a theater. This is, however, not the case on the Greek islands – until now...

Over the centuries, history has seen sarcophagi in all shapes and sizes, and one would think we know them all.   Well, here is a surprise....

Excavations in Soli   have been ongoing since 2015 (see: A two-month project to excavate the city of Soli ),  and each year, more remains of...

In this new edition of  All Alexander's Women  (enlarged edition 2025), Robbert Bosschart further develops the role of women in Alexande...

In my post of February 2014, I wrote that archaeologists had discovered a level below the known ground floor of Petra ’s   Treasury (see: He...

The thought alone causes most people to frown their eyebrows and stare at me in utter disbelief. Who says this?   Well, obviously not our Gr...