Megas Alexandros

Thursday, May 1, 2014

More Treasure Finds from ancient Macedonia

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It is wonderful news that, in spite of its poor financial state, excavations in Greece are still ongoing. To my greatest satisfaction, the...
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Saturday, April 26, 2014

Across the Hellespont by Richard Stoneman

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Richard Stoneman’s approach to discover Turkey in his book Across the Hellespont (ISBN 978-1-84885-422-2) is quite unique and the subtitl...
Monday, April 21, 2014

Alexander’s army crossing Mount Climax

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“Alexander now left Phaselis. Part of his forces he dispatched over the mountains towards Perga, along tracks made for him by the Thracians...
Sunday, April 20, 2014

Izmir’s ancient city of Metropolis

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For some reason (and I honestly don’t know how or why), I have missed all the excitement of the excavations of ancient Metropolis, located...
Thursday, April 17, 2014

Alexander de Grote. De strijd van een jonge man om de wereld te veroveren

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The author of this book published in Dutch under the title “ Alexander de Grote. De strijd van een jonge man om de wereld te veroveren ” ...
Sunday, April 13, 2014

Pergamon is simply huge

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P ergamon , whose first settlement goes back to the 8th century BC, lies on a strategic hill above the modern city of Bergama in western...
Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Was Hannibal superior to Alexander? No way!

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There really is no way to compare Alexander and Hannibal , I know, but I lately watched a program about the exploits of  Hannibal  crossin...
Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Via Egnatia, a road to remember

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During my first visit to Philippi   (Greece), I noticed the inscription “ Via Egnatia ” next to what appeared to be a Roman road running ...
Friday, March 28, 2014

The Lion Horoscope of Mount Nemrud

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I already talked in detail about the unique location of Mount Nemrud in Mount Nemrud , as close as you can come to the gods , and refer...
Monday, March 24, 2014

Nautilus exhibition puts Alexander in the spotlights

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The BOZAR Museum in Brussels is hosting the exquisite exhibition NAUTILUS which can still be visited till Sunday, April 25, 2014 . It is ...
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Ever since my early visits to Greece, Alexander was my faithful travel companion. Eventually, I followed him into modern-day countries such as Albania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Libya, Iran and Uzbekistan. Standing on the banks of the Granicus, skirting the Zagros Mountains, or crossing the Oxus River on foot gave me a totally different feeling and perspective of the events than what is recounted otherwise. I returned home with scores of stories about the heritage left by Alexander and the Hellenistic Era he initiated. My travels and encounters with Alexander were a most wonderful and exhilarating experience, which I love to share with my readers. This led me to writing my book, 'Alexander the Great was here, and so was I', which can be used as a travel guide; but also as a historical guide to follow Alexander the Great, making his way through history.
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