Megas Alexandros

It is beyond doubt that Alexander marched through northern Pakistan after crossing the Hindu Kush to India. His exact route has not been ...

This is great news! After many years of (re)excavation the Royal Palace of Aegae will soon be open to the public again. [ Areal vie...

Today, it is exactly 2372 years ago that Alexander was born in Pella . His mother was Olympias of Epirus , who had recently married Phili...

Chandragupta went down in history as King of India, founder of the Maurya Empire, and ruled from 321 to 297 BC; he was the first to unify ...

Greek art is a very vast subject that cannot be explained in just a few words, meaning that inevitably most authors become far too techni...

The Romans did not “invent” the use of mosaics to embellish the floors of their houses and public buildings, as this art made its first a...

In spite of the continuous tribal wars in Pakistan , archaeologists seem to say that they were able to carry out excavations at the village...

Tarsus , in antiquity, was a large and prosperous city, but its remains are sadly disappointing since all that is left is a short stretch...

Talking about a library in antiquity, we automatically have – be it abstract – visions of the famous Library of  Alexandria , Egypt . The li...

It is not without reason that I have put “ Alexander ” between quotation marks in this title, for there is more to this quote than is sugge...