Megas Alexandros

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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 ...