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Alexander the Great in Antalya’s Museum
In the days of Alexander the GreatAntalya did not exist. The city was founded nearly two hundred years later by Attalus II as a comprise in a political conflict. This happened shortly after 158 BC when...
View ArticleThe Elusive Tomb of Alexander the Great
The whereabouts of the tomb of Alexander is an ongoing discussion, recently flaring up with two articles written by Robert S. Bianchi which appeared in a publication of the Archaeological Institute of...
View ArticleCambyses’ lost army found after 2,500 years?
Such news deserves to make the headlines. Imagine the King of mighty Persia having to admit the loss of 50,000 of his soldiers who simply disappeared in the Egyptian desert. What happened?We owe the...
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Aristotle’s Lyceum opens after more than two thousand years!
Isn’t it amazing that in a big city like Athens, archeologists have been able to pinpoint the site of Aristotle’s Lyceum, his school of philosophy, amidst the old gymnasium where the hoplites and...
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Is Myra still hidden underneath modern Demre?
Archeology is such a captivating activity that may lead to many surprises, some good and some not so good, but in the case of Myra it sounds very promising as a huge mudslide may have preserved the...
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Halabia on the Euphrates
To see the Euphrates is one of those lifetime experiences that leave a deep impression. For me the very name is forever associated with the Bible and visions of old Mesopotamia, the land of milk and...
View ArticleAchilles and Ajax
A bit of fun for a change. It keeps amazing me what we can do with modern technology. Take for instance this lovely animation of Achilles andAjax playing a game while taking a break during the Trojan...
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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea. Why the Greeks Matter by Thomas Cahill.
Quite astonishing what Thomas Cahill has to reveal in Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea. Why the Greeks Matter (ISBN 0385495544). I wish my history lessons at school had looked something like this, but maybe...
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As Rich as Croesus
The wealth of King Croesus has become proverbial and still today, more than 2,500 years after date, we all know the expression “to be as rich asCroesus”. But who was Croesus? When and where did he...
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Alexander the Great and the Mystery of the Elephant Medallions by Frank Holt
Unconventionally I read Alexander the Great and the Mystery of the Elephant Medallions (ISBN 0-520-23881-8) after Frank Holt’s Lost World of the Golden King, although the book waited on my bookshelves...
View ArticleUpdated June 2013
It is time for an update of the e-books for those listed so far under the Category “From my Bookshelves” on Megas Alexandros. This is an addition to the list previously issued in June 2012. “City of...
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Rasaffa, Syria – a Border town on the Euphrates
“All the land west of the Euphrates and his daughter in marriage” is what King Darius III promised to Alexander the Great in exchange for his family which had fallen in the hands of the Macedonian King...
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All Alexanders’ Women. The Facts (2nd edition) by Robbert Bosschart
When reading a book for the second time and finding new facts and view points, you know it is a good book. Robbert Bosschart’s All Alexander’s Women. The Facts (ISBN 978-1439272015)is such a book,...
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Perge welcomed Alexander with open arms
When Alexander the Great arrived in Perge in 333 BC, he was received with open arms basically because the city wanted to be in his favor and counted on his support in settling their differences with...
View ArticleFire of Anatolia – Troy
It definitely is worth to attend the world famous Turkish dance group Fire of Anatolia performing their version of “Troy”. It is a quite festive, captivating and convincing show that leaves a deep...
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Aspendos, the unfaithful
It seems that the people of Aspendos were not too happy with their Persian ruler for when in 333 BC they heard that Alexander de Great was on his way, they set out to greet him and surrendered their...
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Alexander, founder of Gerasa
Gerasa, known today as Jerash in Jordan, rises in the broad and fertile valley of the ChrysorrhoasRiver. It is said that Alexander the Great founded a Greek colony on this spot in 334 BC, although...
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Dura Europos, last stop on the Euphrates
After Deir Ezzor, Rasaffa and Halabia, I am now heading for Dura Europos, the most southeastern frontier garrison on the Euphrates in Syria. The landscape is as barren as the northeastern desert corner...
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The Ephemerides of Alexander’s Expedition by C.A. Robinson
The History of Alexander the Great and the Ephemerides of Alexander’s Expedition by C.A. Robinson (ISBN 0-89005-555-6) is a most precious source of information for whoever wants to dig further into the...
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