Alexander The Great Archive
Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The mystery surrounding the location of Alexander the Great's tomb continues, but scientists have made significant progress by identifying his family's burials at
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Gordian Knot is a metaphorical expression that means a complicated problem or deadlock when we have an unsolvable problem, which is our
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Civilizations
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Sometimes, we encounter people who live in places where they don’t seem to belong. In many parts of the world, small groups of
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Two amateur archaeologists in Denmark have made a remarkable discovery. While surveying with a metal detector in a field near Ringsted, located on
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Admired or hated, it is fair to say that no one was indifferent to Alexander the Great, who is today recognized as one
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A recent study of an ancient silver bowl with Greek-style reliefs found in Tibet decades ago has revealed something surprising. It was long
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Founded by Alexander the Great the ancient city of Bazira was long, but its ruins were located in 2019. The city was established
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Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com –The Achaemenid Empire (First Persian Empire) became the world's largest empire thanks to Cyrus the Great, Cambyses, Darius I, and Xerxes I. It was
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Archaeology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - We may soon get an even better glimpse into the remarkable life of the mighty conqueror, Alexander the Great. Being one of the
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Named after Alexander the Great this legendary place remains as mysterious as fascinating. Locals call it Zendan-e Eskandar and the original purpose of
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Ancient History Facts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - We used to associate martial arts mainly with the Far East, China - Kung Fu, and Japan - Karate, but the truth is
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Alexander the Great (356 BC - 323 BC) rejected the peace terms of the Persian Emperor Darius in 331 BC. Darius offered him
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Ancient Symbols
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Among many fantastic hybrid creatures with often an arguable origin, a legendary and complex sea creature in Hindu mythology is known as Makara.
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The ancient city of Patara will be widely celebrated in 2020, this year has been declared as the year of Patara. Long-term excavations
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A spooky, ancient underwater graveyard located thousands of feet below the Black Sea may solve the mystery of the Biblical Great Flood and
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - As the son of the mighty god Enki, creator and protector of humanity, Marduk plays an important role in Mesopotamian mythology and the
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Civilizations
David Tee - AncientPages.com - The area deemed today as Iran has had a long history. The Medes first ruled the nation in the 9th century BC. However, the
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The outstanding military accomplishments of Alexander the Great are well-known to everyone interested in ancient history. Still, few had heard about what happened
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - Even though his true name, Sarru-kinnu, meant ‘true king’, he took the name Sargon when he ascended the throne. Why he did this
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - Throughout his life, it is very apparent that Alexander did not know what role he was fulfilling in history and biblical prophecy. His
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Egyptian Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Egyptian mythology, references to the Ogdoad appear in texts as early as the 25th Dynasty, known as the Nubian Dynasty or the Kushite
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ancient Bazira, also known as the city of Alexander the Great was established after the destruction of the lower city in the third century
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Archaeology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com - There is a new hope to finally unearth the lost tomb of Alexander the Great. Greek archaeologist Calliope Limneos-Papakosta had been digging in Shallalat
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Cynane was born in 357/358 BC and died in 320 BC, only 34 years old. She came from a tradition of Illyrian female warriors
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists have a new explanation what may have caused Alexander the Great’s death. Researchers state this is an entirely new theory no-one has considered
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Most have heard of the Holy Grail that is believed to have been the be the cup that Jesus Christ drank from at the
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Not all pharaohs were of Egyptian origin. Alexander III of Macedon, known as Alexander the Great (356 - 323 BC), was crowned pharaoh and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In the 4th century BC, two great individualities of the contemporary world met: Alexander the Great (356–323 BC) and Aristotle of Stagira (384–322
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - King Nebuchadnezzar II (c. 605 BC – c. 562 BC), the greatest ruler of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, had no intention of letting enemies enter
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Ancient History Facts
AncientPages.com - Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon), was a military genius who changed the nature of the ancient world and he did it in little more than
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The ancient city of Gordium (Gordion) in Turkey was once the capital city of ancient Phrygia and today is known for its more
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Civilizations
David Tee - AncientPages.com - That is one of the more incredible stories to be told about the Hunza people. But are the stories true? Did some of their
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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The concept of cynicism comes from the Greek word for dog ( kynos), but originated in a philosophical school established in ancient Greece. Denoting their denial
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The location of Alexander the Great’s city has been an unsolved mystery for 2,000 years. Now, archaeologists report they have uncovered the lost city of Alexander the
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Depictions of Biblical prophet Jonah have been found in “early” Christian art, such as images found in the Roman catacombs. Now, archaeologists report they have discovered world’s
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Aristotle of Stagira (c. 384 BC - 322 BC) founded his own school, called High School, in the year 335 BC. It was located
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News
AncientPages.com - On 1st October 331 BC, the Battle of Gaugamela between Alexander the Great of Macedon and King Darius III of Persia was fought. It was the final
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News
AncientPages.com - On June 11, 323 BC, Alexander the Great, son of King Philip II of Macedon, died in Babylon after suffering ten days of high fever. Theories
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News
AncientPages.com - On May 22, 334 BC., the Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeated Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. The battle took
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom was located in the easternmost region of the Hellenistic world. This ancient kingdom covered Bactria (northern Afghanistan) and lands to
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - For years historians have been trying to solve one of the greatest ancient mysteries of all time, namely the death of Alexander the Great.
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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Mithradates VI Of Pontus (120-63 BCE), often referred to as the Poison King, was a brilliant toxicologist. He was obsessed with poison and
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