Megas Alexandros

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Useful graffiti from ancient Egypt

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Not everything is negative when talking about graffiti and that is certainly not the case for graffiti from antiquity where we can use ever...
Sunday, February 26, 2017

Exchange of antiquities between the Louvre and Iran’s National Museum

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After Iran ’s Presidential visit to France , an agreement was signed to renew cultural and scientific cooperation between the two countries...
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

A mental reconstruction of Alexander’s triumphal march into Babylon

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For obvious reasons, I have not visited Babylon . Still, I am terribly happy to have at least been able to see the next best thing,...
Saturday, February 18, 2017

When pillars with unknown writing were discovered in India

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It so happened that in 1616 an Englishman discovered a 13 meters tall pillar with unknown writing among the ruins of ancient Delhi . The...
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017

The little known oracle of Claros

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It is not common knowledge that Claros ranges among the three most important oracles in antiquity, together with Delphi and Didyma . ...
Friday, February 10, 2017

The Last Will of Alexander the Great?

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Alexander ’s Last Will has been found? The thought alone triggers immediate widespread reactions of awe, incredibility, amazement, suspicio...
Monday, February 6, 2017

Hoping to find traces of Alexander at Magarsus

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After Alexander recovered from his illness in Tarsus , he first marched on Soli , located a few miles west of modern Icil. He imposed a...
Thursday, February 2, 2017

Time to visit ancient Aiani in Upper Macedonia.

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Few people ever heard of Aiani , a lovely village close to modern Kozani , once surrounded by Kastoria, Florina, Pella, Imathia, Pieria , a...
Sunday, January 29, 2017

Unknown city recently “discovered” in Greece is well-known after all

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Archaeology News Network published an article about recent explorations of a previously unknown ancient city in Central Greece . The work ...
Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Alexander the Great, Man and God by Ian Worthington

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After reading Ian Worthington's book Philip II, King of Macedonia , I had high hopes for a book about Alexander by the same author....
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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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