Megas Alexandros

It definitely is worth to attend the world famous Turkish dance group Fire of Anatolia performing their version of “ Troy ”. It is a quite...

When Alexander the Great arrived in Perge in 333 BC, he was received with open arms basically because the city wanted to be in his favor a...

“All the land west of the Euphrates and his daughter in marriage” is what  King Darius III promised to Alexander in exchange for his famil...

Unconventionally I read Alexander the Great and the Mystery of the Elephant Medallions (ISBN 0-520-23881-8) after Frank Holt’s Lost Wo...

The wealth of King Croesus has become proverbial, and still today, more than 2,500 years later, we all know the expression “to be as rich ...

 Quite astonishing what Thomas Cahill has to reveal in Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea. Why the Greeks Matter (ISBN 0385495544). I wish m...

To see the Euphrates is one of those lifetime experiences that leave a deep impression. For me, the very name is forever associated with t...

Archaeology is such a captivating activity that may lead to many surprises, some good and some not so good, but in the case of Myra , it so...

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 ...