Megas Alexandros

Arrian explicitly tells us that after the mutiny of his army at the Hyphasis River (modern Beas) , Alexander ordered the construction of ...

The news sounds very promising! The burial site of the Attalid kings may have been located inside a huge mound next to the ancient city of ...

Antioch-on-the-Orontes is known today as Antakya , and the earthquake happened 1900 years ago. It made headlines because Hadrian , who h...

Osmund Bopearachchi and Frank Holt have co-written the book “ The Alexander Medallion, Exploring the Origins of a Unique Artefact ” (ISBN...

Somehow I have missed the results of last year’s excavations at Soli , which sounded very promising (see: A two-month project to excavate t...

We usually look in awe at the shiny dinner sets made of silver or other precious material, but it is as interesting to see the array of sim...

It is quite unbelievable that after discovering a Greek brothel among the ruins of Side , sponsors have pulled out and the excavation work...

Ever since his victory at the Granicus , Alexander knew that sooner or later he would have to face the bulk of the Persian army again and,...

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...