Megas Alexandros

Nowadays, Myndos   is probably best-known for its underwater causeway running from the city’s harbor to Rabbit Island, which  is guarding th...

Earlier this month, Academia.edu shared an article by Rogério Sousa, Alexandrea ad Aegyptum: The legacy of Multiculturalism in Antiquity , ...

The massive circular tomb of Emperor Augustus in Rome has recently been opened to the public. This makes headline news to most people (inc...

Northern Greece and  Epirus, in particular, are not top destinations for the common tourist – unfortunately so.   Epirus is wedged in th...

Although political and social unrest during the 1 st century BC transpires from our recorded history, the underlying cause was not known. P...

The plundering and looting of artwork have been ongoing for centuries, and it was not Emperor Augustus ’ scoop. In a previous blog Warti...

Clip and clear, one of the best historical overviews of Carthage is to be found in this booklet, Carthage Antique, des origines jusqu’à ...

Many years ago, I remember how this “piramide” (in Italian with the accent on the “ra”) was my beacon to find my way to my lodgings on the...

Cleopatra was not only the last queen to rule over Egypt before the country fell into Roman hands; she also was the last of the Ptolemaic D...