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Scaffolds in front of the Alexander mosaic in Naples
The Archaeological Museum of Naples (MANN) is asking for attention and luring future tourists to admire the world-famous Alexander mosaic (see: The Alexander mosaic).They have announced that by the end...
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A good picture of the excavations of Halicarnassus’ city walls
The Hurriyet Daily News finally is able to give us a nice overview picture of the ongoing excavation site that exposes the ancient city walls of Halicarnassus.In my previous post, Exploring the walls...
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Alexander in India, a musical intermezzo
A dear friend of mine recently shared this wonderful musical rendition created by Peter Pringle entitled, Alexander in India - Surbahar & Kithara.I am sharing this unique musical interpretation for...
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Announcing a new series on Alexander the Great
Let’s brace ourselves for yet another TV series about Alexander the Great as announced by the Greek City Times.Starlings Entertainment* plans to present such a series that will be filmed in Greece....
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Writing a letter home and the logistics implied
It sounds like the most obvious thing to do for a soldier, writing a letter home. But I find it quite remarkable that the Macedonian troops travelling with Alexander wrote letters to their family in...
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At last, the Domus Tiberiana is made accessible
It is not always about discovering and excavating a site, it is also about making that site available to the public. It is very nice to see the pictures or short videos, but there is nothing like...
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The presence of Alexander in Byzantine times
It amazes me how time and again Alexander appears or reappears throughout history.[Picture from the Archaeology News Network (Credit: Cyprus Dept. of Antiquities)]Take for instance the latest...
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Pompeii’s Antiquarium reopens at last
Very few people are aware that Pompeii has a museum of its own, generally known as the Antiquarium. This is not surprising because the premises have been closed since 1980 when they were damaged by a...
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Revelations from Kibyra in Turkey
It appears that I left my disclosure of Kibyra with the news that the site would open to the public in 2017 (see: The tempting site of Kibyra). Last year’s excavations have yielded two important...
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Oenoanda in the heartland of Lycia
Oenoanda orOinoanda lies only some 60 kilometers from Fethiye, right next to the modern village of İncealiler. It is one of those untouched sites, clearly off the beaten path of which there are many in...
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A few words about Alexander’s mints and coins
Coins with the image of Alexander were widespread and accepted throughout his empire as kept circulating in large numbers long after his death.Research has revealed that the coins with Alexander’s...
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Where did Bucephalus die?
The question whether Alexander’s dear mount died on the Battle of the Hydaspes or at another location around that time has been discussed at length and obviously without any conclusive result.Today, I...
View ArticleExcavations at the ancient city of Olba near Mersin
Neither the name of Olba nor the modern name of Uzuncaburç rings any bell with me. The city has been in the news lately because of the excavations that are scheduled to start this year (2021).Olba is...
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The Gate of Cyrus at Pasargadae (near Persepolis)
About five years ago, I mentioned that the foundations of a city gate had been discovered in Pasargadae (see: Archaeological research resumed at Pasargadae). At that time and pending further research,...
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Old Buddhist complex discovered in Pakistan
Alexander the Great and the later Greco-Bactrian Empire with its unique artistic expression eventually led to the emergence of the Kushan Empire that ruled much of modern Afghanistan, Pakistan and...
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The mystery about Alexander’s Wall
What is known as Alexander’s Wall is a section of the Elburz Mountains located about five kilometers east of the Caspian Sea. From what Michael Wood showed us is his documentary In the Footsteps of...
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Corinth before the canal was built
It is common knowledge by now that Corinth was famous for having two harbors. As the city is straddling the isthmus between mainland Greece and the Peloponnesus (less than 4 miles wide), it needed an...
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All’s well that ends well
End of 2017, I wrote a post about Caligula’s megalomania (see: A sample of Caligula’s megalomania) and the pleasure vessels he built for his own entertainment at Lake Nemi, some 30 kilometers south of...
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A personal approach to the cause of death for Alexander the Great
About two years ago, I posted a blog about the death of Alexander based on the analysis made by Dr Katherine Hall, a Senior Lecturer at the Dunedin School of Medicine and an academic of the University...
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The complex site of Taxila
Until now, I pictured Taxilaas one big city as it is in modern times. What threw me off was that ancient sources talked about the three ancient cities of Bhir, Sirkap as well as Sirsukh instead of...
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