Megas Alexandros

Isn’t it amazing that in a big city like Athens , archaeologists have been able to pinpoint the site of Aristotle’s Lyceum , his school of ...

Such news deserves to make the headlines. Imagine the King of mighty Persia having to admit the loss of 50,000 of his soldiers who simply ...

The whereabouts of the tomb of Alexander is an ongoing discussion, recently flaring up with two articles written by Robert S. Bianchi whic...

In the days of Alexander the Great, Antalya did not exist. The city was founded nearly four hundred years later by Attalus II as a c...

Even in antiquity, the borders of Pamphylia were difficult to establish accurately. It roughly starts in the west, where Lycia stops and ...

Hama is a very old Syrian city that was known at least 4000 years ago, strategically built on the banks of the Orontes River and an o...

The loss of human lives and the displacement of people are the major consequences of any war and the present conflict in Syria is no except...

The full title of this book is: Justin, Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeus Trogus, Volume I, Books 11-12, Alexander the Great...

When I last visited Andriake in 2008, I felt there was still a lot of work to do by the archaeologists – but then that is the case everywh...

The site of Andriake lies just across the road from Myra . Driving up, I can’t miss noticing the huge Granary that Hadrian built: 65 met...