Megas Alexandros

Well, the New Acropolis Museum is not so new anymore, but the concept and care that went into its construction are worth to be stressed.   ...

In his conquest of Asia , Alexander and his Macedonians covered a total distance of more than 35,000 km – almost a trip around the world....

Alexander ’s death in Babylon and the cause of his death have been discussed before (see: A personal approach to the cause of death for Ale...

After the Battle of Issus , Alexander was more determined than ever to take all the harbors of the eastern Mediterranean to outmaneuver th...

What’s a dream, one would ask, but in antiquity, dreams were taken very seriously. Kings and those who could afford it would have a priest o...

In 2013, excavations in Cnidos focused on the largest Byzantine Church and the theatre. Work also started at the Temple of Dionysus , ...

Most archaeological sites we can visit nowadays date from Roman times. In the 2nd century AD, Rome reached its apogee under the reign of th...

Eleusis has been on my wish list for many years. For some reason or another, my visit was always postponed or canceled. But after much pers...

It never ceases to amaze me how far and wide ships in antiquity could travel. Those seafarers must have been very adventurous and determined...

Driving east along the coast of the Province of  Macedonia in Greece , I often came across rice paddies covering a vast portion of the lowla...