October 11, 2020
Archeology
The Palace where Alexander the Great was born is being revealed and archaeologists estimate that the site will be able to receive visitors as of summer 2021. The palace is located in Pella, western Macedonia, northern Greece. In this building, part of which was excavated in 1957, when no one …
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June 12, 2019
Arts
A Greek actor has claimed that he has a striking resemblance with Alexander the Great. To prove his claim and -surprise! – also his Greekness, actor Spyros Bibilas posted a picture of his youth on his social media account. He wrote among others that when he was 25 years old …
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March 27, 2019
Arts
First steps to erect the statue of Alexander the Great in downtown Athens are proceeding with a fast pace after workers placed its base on Tuesday. The statue erection follows a decision of Athens Municipality. The statue will be erected at the corner between Amalias and Vasilissis Olgas avenues, just …
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January 25, 2019
Archeology, Culture
The real cause of the death of Alexander the Great remains a mystery 2,300 years after the 32-year-old passed away in Babylon in 323 BC. His death divided not only historians of Ancient Greece but also modern scholars. According to one version he developed a fever, which worsened until he …
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September 6, 2018
Greece, Politics
Unknown perpetrators have vandalized the statue of Alexander the Great located at the seaside in the center of Thessaloniki, Northern Greece. The perpetrators wrote the word “slaughterer” on the statue pedestal under the inscription bearing the name of the Macedonian king and conqueror. According to local media, the perpetrators first …
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February 12, 2018
Greece, Politics
Skopje mayor Petre Shilegov said Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) are showing a willingness to resolve the decades-old name dispute, in an interview with the Sunday edition of newspaper “Documento”. Speaking to the paper, Shilegov said: “When you want to solve a problem, you solve it. …
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January 29, 2018
Greece, Politics
President of Israel, Reuvin Rivlin, arrived in Athens late Sunday night for a three-day official visit following an invitation by Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos. Rivlin will meet with Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday. He will lay a corner stone for the Holocaust Museum in Thessaloniki on Tuesday. …
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April 3, 2017
Tourism, Travel
The Silk Road. Two words that always had a magic attraction on me. I am not sure when I first heard about it. Possible in the last years of the elementary school. Most likely I had also seen some pictures or rather paintings in encyclopedias and historical comic books we …
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March 26, 2017
Greece, Politics
Occasionally, the truth appears on the surface in all simple frankness even in the media of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). The latest case is the recognition of historical truth about Alexander the Great by David Ninov Bishop of Stobi of the POA (“Pravoslavna Ohridska Arhiepiskopija”, English: ”Orthodox …
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October 1, 2015
Archeology, Culture
After a year of silence, chief archaeologist of the tomb site, Katerina Peristeri, revealed the secret of Amphipolis and the mysterious dead in Northern Greece. ”We surmise it was a funerary heroon (hero worship shrine) dedicated to Hephaestion,” Peristeri told reporters on Wednsday, adding however: “I do not know if …
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August 26, 2014
Archeology, Very Mix
This month, August of 2014 has been very important for Greece. The coalition government of Samaras-Venizelos – that is conservative Nea Dimokratia & socialist PASOK- has made two discoveries of great significance and priceless value for millions of people, in and outside Greece. In August 2014, Greece made two discoveries: …
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August 23, 2013
Archeology, Culture
Did archaeologist excavate the tomb of Alexander the Great in Northern Greece? There is a lot of speculation in local media and websites whether the impressive ancient artificial mount located in Amphipolis near Serres -600 km north of Athens – contains the remains of ancient Macedonian warrior king Alexander the …
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July 21, 2010
Culture, News
Can a real person die of a mythical cause? Can real Alexander the Great have died of toxic bacteria suspected in the mythical river Stynx, as scolars will try to prove? Alexander the Great was a real person of flesh and bones. He was proclaimed a king at the age of …
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