Megas Alexandros

It never occurred to me that petrified trees were ever found in Greece , as I am only aware of the remains that exist in an around the Na...

Several years ago I was at the Getty Villa in  Malibu  to be treated to two theatrical plays from antiquity, one  Greek, The Woman from S...

The Greek colonies around the Black Sea have been the subject of earlier debates and blog-posts (see: The many colonies of Miletus ). In th...

British Border Forces and London Police have worked together to intercept ancient artifacts from Afghanistan  that was part of an illegal s...

Dancing with the Lion: Becoming by Dr. Jeanne Reames (ISBN: 978-1-62649-896-9) is a historical fiction book about the youth of Alexander th...

After having stopped at the Hyphasis River (modern Beas) to build his Twelve Altars (see: Alexander erected twelve altars on the banks o...

It is common knowledge that from the 8th century BC onward, the Greeks set out to establish colonies or trading ports around the Mediterrane...

Himera was situated at the border between the Greek colonies of Sicily and the lands controlled by the Carthaginians. The conflicts that ...

Although Bactria was part of the Achaemenid Empire until the arrival of Alexander the Great , we may find it difficult to imagine that tho...

A substantial building measuring some 2,500 m2 has been uncovered in ancient Pelusium , the city Alexander occupied when he entered Egyp...