Alexander the Great
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Why does every country seem to have someone they dub an ‘Indiana Jones’? And why are they often the ‘fringe’ guys? Anyhoo … we’ll start monitoring this guy mention in Radio Free Europe: With his flowing white locks and extravagant manner, Macedonian archaeologist Pasko Kuzman has become something of a celebrity in his native country.…
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This is definitely in the FWIW category, but there is some wheat among the chaff … from the Tribune (Pakistan): There is, in rural Mandi Bahauddin district, a few kilometres from Phalia town, a village marked as Helan in the Atlas of Pakistan. The ‘a’ is pronounced as in ‘father’ and the ending is nasal…
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From Greek Reporter: Αrchaeologists from the 28th Ephorate of Antiquities unearthed a tomb in the city of Amphipolis, near Serres, northern Greece, which they believe could belong to the wife and son of Alexander the Great, Roxane and Alexander IV. The circular precinct is three meters, or nearly 10 feet high and its perimeter is…
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As I continue to clean my mailbox of assorted items I’d flagged with assorted gmail labels that my iPad does seem to have interpreted correctly, I note a couple of items seeking to tarnish, somewhat, Alexander’s greatness. The first is written by a professor of modern history at St Andrews and was a feature in…
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I’m always interested in seeing how folks in different eras portrayed the big names of the folks within our purview and, as it happens, the Metropolitan Museum’s ‘Featured Artwork of the Day’ (via Facebook) is Colin Nouailher’s plaque of Alexander the Great, which forms part of a series of depictions of the ‘Nine Worthies’ a.k.a.…
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