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Thursday, April 28, 2016

Alexander the Great in India. A Reconstruction of Cleitarchus by A. Chugg

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I n the tradition of his previous book in the series of Cleitarchus’ Reconstruction (see: The Death of Alexander the Great: a Reconstruct...
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Pasargadae in the headlights

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Although most people know about Persepolis and Pasargadae , there are only few who are aware that we owe their discovery to the German ar...
Saturday, April 23, 2016

Restitution of stolen artifacts

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In these uncertain times where so many precious archaeological artifacts disappear – if not, are destroyed – it is a pleasure to hear that ...
Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Unraveling a mysterious wall in the middle of the Jordanian desert

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Jordan is much more than the splendid site of Petra and intriguing Wadi Rum , there is a huge desert stretching away to the northeast of ...
Thursday, April 14, 2016

The Battle of the Hydaspes and the genius of Alexander

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This battle is by far the greatest battle Alexander ever fought, yet it is also the one generally overlooked by historians and indeed dw...
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Open letter from Syrian archaeologists about Palmyra

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Now that the Islamist forces have been expulsed from Palmyra (see my recent post: Good news from Palmyra? ) , the Syrian archaeologists ...
Saturday, April 9, 2016

Good news from Palmyra?

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Now that the forces of IS have been pushed out of Palmyra , the first journalists and photographers are able to reassert the extent of the ...
Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Pausanias - Führer durch Olympia

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Pausanias  was born in Asia Minor in 110 AD and lived during the reign of  Emperors Hadrian , Antoninus Pius ,  and   Marcus Aurelius , ...
Sunday, April 3, 2016

Another effigy of Hephaistion?

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Pictures of Hephaistion are terribly rare and when finally a new one is being discovered at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki , we...
Wednesday, March 30, 2016

The treasures of the Anticythera shipwreck

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When I visited Athens ’ Archaeological Museum for the first time in the 1970s, I was fascinated by a group of marble sculptures gathere...
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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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