Warfare in the Ancient World: From the Bronze Age to the Fall of Rome (Praeger Series on the Ancient World) By Stefan G. Chrissanthos

Ενδιαφέροντα στοιχεία για την αρχαιολογική ταυτότητα του νομού Γρεβενών παρουσιάστηκαν σε εκδήλωση του δήμου Γρεβενών με θέμα «η αρχαιολογική έρευνα στο νομό Γρεβενών από το 2004 έως σήμερα», η οποία πραγματοποιήθηκε στο πλαίσιο των «Γιορτών Τυμφαϊκής Γης 2009». Την παρουσίαση έκανε η προϊσταμένη της Λ΄ Εφορείας Προϊστορικών και Κλασικών Αρχαιοτήτων, αρχαιολόγος, Γεωργία Καραμήτρου-Μεντεσίδη, η οποία ανακοίνωσε ότι οι ανασκαφές που […]

We have been witnesses a myriad of times to the ever growing ultra nationalism spread among the population of the State of Skopje and also its diaspora. An extreme political stance sponsored by the government of the FYROM ,as far as the interior of this country is concearned, with actions like the renaming of the Skopje city stadium to “Philip […]

New finds span time An incomplete Graeco-Roman statue of an athlete in Alexandria and an enormous collection of prehistoric artefacts in Fayoum are the most recent discoveries in Egypt, Nevine El-Aref reports At the Shallalat Gardens next to the fortress of Mohamed Ali in Alexandria, a Greek archaeological mission has discovered what is thought may be a statue of Alexander […]

By Miltiades Elia Bolaris May 21, 2009   Balkan Illusion – phantasia archaica: “…it is very interesting to note that many of the authentic ancient Macedonian words, according to their etymology and pronunciation, have a striking resemblance to the appropriate words used in the modern Macedonian language (and other so called “Slav”[sic] languages).” “Bere(s). The root of this name contains […]

  AN C I E N T G R E E C E , extending from the king-dom of Macedonia in the north down to the city-state of Sparta in the south, was a large peninsula or archipelago jut-ting out into the Aegean Sea. Page 1 The ascendancy of Macedonia under the rule of Alexander’s father, Philip II, and the […]

May 03, 2009 By Miltiades Elia Bolaris   Balkan Illusion – phantasia archaica: “…it is very interesting to note that many of the authentic ancient Macedonian words, according to their etymology and pronunciation, have a striking resemblance to the appropriate words used in the modern Macedonian language (and other so called “Slav” languages).” “Apell(es). The root of this name contains […]

Editor, Archaeology Magazine 36-36 33rd Street Long Island City, NY 11106 U.S.A. Dear Sir,              I opened the January/February issue of Archaeology today and eagerly turned to “A Letter from Macedonia” only to discover that it was actually a letter from ancient Paionia – the land north of Mt. Barmous and Mt. Orbelos.  Livy’s account of the creation of the […]

Macedon was a region which had lagged behind the rest of the Greek world socially, economically, and culturally, failing to develop the polis or city-state institutions characteristic of the most advanced regions of Greece, but remaining instead a tribal society ruled by kings and dominated by a land-owning aristocracy.9 Indeed, there is some question as to whether Macedon should at […]

  In this article, we intend to examine the ancient evidence on the way the Ancient Macedonians were defining themselves in reference to their own identity. Concerning their own beliefs about themselves we shall review the available evidence coming from the ancient sources, both Literary and Archaeological. A. The Literary Evidence The first available evidence comes from the Macedonian king Alexander I during his speech to Atheneans. Essentially we […]