Megas Alexandros

From the main road, I follow the signpost down to Olympos  through the splendid Lycian landscape of pine trees amidst park-like grassland ...

Driving east from Finike , I'm heading for Chimera and Olympos . I find the car park at the foot of the hillside, next to a small ...

The road to getting there is a unique experience as tension and expectations are building up all along the way! As I'm approaching ...

After publishing my article about the Kalash People (see: The Kalash, a lost tribe of Alexander the Great? ), I received a comment making ...

As can be expected, my trip to Uzbekistan ( read more under the Label Central Asia ) in search of the footsteps of Alexander the Great ...

What to do when remains from antique cities are found right in the middle of a major modern city? The question is not new and the answer a...

I have been fascinated by the cities along the Silk Road following a recent exhibition held in Brussels about the Chinese part and further...

History, as it is generally taught in our schooling system, is a mere succession of names and dates, of kings and battlefields, of peace ...

Lost World of the Golden King, In Search of ancient Afghanistan by Frank Holt (ISBN 978-0-520-27342-9 ) , is the latest book by this au...

Turkey is an everlasting source of new discoveries. The country has such a rich past, of which only a few tourists seem to be aware, and t...