08/27/2010 ANA-MPA/Alexander the Great’s achievements were one of his favorite childhood tales, whereas ancient Greece and classical antiquity piqued his curiosity from a very young age. His fascination with Hellenic civilisation, in fact, took Omar Sultan all the way to the University of Thessaloniki to study the classics and archaeology. Decades later the classically-educated Sultan serves his native Afghanistan as […]

Monday, April 5, 2010 “Who’s Who in the ‘Royal’ Cemetery at Vergina and Why it Matters” The Department of Classics and Mediterranean Studies University of Illinois at Chicago presents THE 27TH ANNUAL TRACY LECTURE by Jonathan Hall University of Chicago “Who’s Who in the ‘Royal’ Cemetery at Vergina and Why it Matters” Friday 9 April 2010 3:00 PM UIC Institute […]

Lion hunt in ancient Macedonia Lion hunt. Mosaic from Pella (ancient Macedonia); source: Wikipedia In Macedonia evidence begins with silver coin-types of the fifth century; King Archelaos is said to have been murdered out hunting; Philip II was said (by Arrian’s sources) to have instituted the corps of royal pages who attended him while out hunting; Herodotos, Pausanias, and Aristotle […]