Megas Alexandros

As so often, our modern inventions are not exactly new and a mere “re-invention” of something that existed centuries before and was lost in...

Maybe, just maybe, researchers from the University of Basel have deciphered a papyrus that was written by the Greek physician Galen ! ...

It is common knowledge that Alexander valued friendship above all. His first core group of friends took shape at an early age when they ...

The restoration of Persepolis is making headlines these days following a mutual agreement signed between Austria and Iran to fund the re...

Istanbul, The Imperial City by John Freely (ISBN 978-0140244618 ) i s by far the most complete historical guide you can find. It is a li...

As people lived much closer to nature, thermal baths in antiquity belonged to everyday life rather than to plush spa resorts as we know the...

The city of Philippi is only casually mentioned by Arrian when Alexander rides up from Amphipolis to subdue the rebelling Thracian trib...

For many years, the Getty Villa was a most wonderful place to visit – not only because of its precious collection of antiquities but mostl...

Thessaloniki as such did not exist in Alexander’s days. The city was founded eight years after his death by Cassander , the eldest son of...

What better way to celebrate Alexander's birthday than to take a trip in his footsteps? Peter Sommer , with whom I travelled on severa...