Megas Alexandros

Archimedes and his “Eureka” are common knowledge, but few people know that he designed an enormous cruise ship, the Syracusia . It happe...

It was in Turkey that I saw my very first caravanserai , probably the best example around, and it left an eve rlasting impression. It happe...

Dredging works on the ancient water conduits in  Persepolis have exposed eleven human skeletons and two dog skeletons. They were found near...

The construction of the dam on the Tigris River  flooding the ancient city of Hasankeyf has had my undivided attention in my earlier post ...

Dascylium , the capital of Hellespontine Phrygia, is not often in the news and is hardly mentioned in Alexander ’s expedition in Asia Minor...

E ven today, Libya is generally torn between the area around  Tripoli  in the west and  Benghazi  in the east. That division goes back far...

Construction works often expose much of our hidden past, and the extension of Athens ’ metro line to Piraeus is no exception. What makes ...

Alexander ’s march across the Gedrosian Desert is mentioned rather casually in history, probably because it is not one of his great acco...

Bodrum  Castle is the Underwater Archaeology Museum that holds the precious collection of the 3,500-years-old Uluburun shipwreck. Much le...

Until now, bits and pieces of the famous Temple of Bel in Palmyra have been reconstructed digitally. A first initiative consisted ...