Wednesday, April 3, 2013

More Royal Tombs found at Aegae

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Talking about the Royal Tombs at Aegae (modern Vergina ), the impressive Tomb of Philip II of Macedonia immediately comes to mind. In con...
Sunday, March 31, 2013

The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: A New Beginning

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Strangely enough, the Cyrus Cylinder never caught my attention, in spite of my repeated visits to the British Museum . It probably was one...
Thursday, March 28, 2013

Zeugma, Border-town along the Euphrates River

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Looking at the map of Syria, it is undeniable that most of its cities are concentrated in the west, along or close to the Mediterranean Sea...
Monday, March 25, 2013

Restoration of the Temple of Apollo in Side, Turkey

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At last, the Turkish authorities have decided to work on the preservation of ancient Side! When I was there a few years ago (see: Side didn...
Thursday, March 21, 2013

Side didn’t put up any resistance to Alexander

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The name Side  means “pomegranate,” a well-known fertility symbol in antiquity that we also find on coins. The origin of  Side  itself ...
Monday, March 18, 2013

Turkey’s Southern Shore by George Bean

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" Turkey’s Southern Shore " (ISBN 0 510 03202 8) is simply the best and most complete book one can find about the larger Antaly...
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Thursday, March 14, 2013

Admiration for Alexander, or adulation, or veneration?

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Alexander, more than any other conqueror or King, has fired the imagination of scores of people over the centuries. In many eastern countr...
Monday, March 11, 2013

Greek wine, not so Greek after all

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The consumption of wine was widespread throughout antiquity and not only by the Greeks or Macedonians! I just learned that a DNA study searc...