Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of Russian Federation, stated that, in effect, Alexander of Macedon (Alexander III, Alexander the Great) was Greek, in a comment following a question about economic crisis in Greece during "Russia 2012" forum, February 2012. In the excerpt from a debate at the forum, the obvious synergy of otherwise blunt statement that "Alexander ...

A statement by Mr. Vladimir Putin, President of Government of demographically and geographically largest Slavic state in the world, which is also a cultural, scientific and scholarly superpower, in addition having authority derived from World's most second powerful armed forces. "In his time to solve these economic problems, Alexander of Macedonia came and conquered Persia. Now ...

  By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD Published: December 19, 2011 In its time and place, the ancient city of Dura-Europos had much in common with today’s most cosmopolitan urban landscapes. Religious, linguistic and cultural diversity characterized much of the city’s life for more than 500 years, starting at the outset of the third century B.C. in what is now ...

  Part of The Treasure of Benghazi collection that has been looted contained Silver didrachm A priceless collection of nearly 8,000 ancient gold, silver and bronze coins much of which dates from the time of Alexander the Great, was stolen by robbers who broke into a bank vault in the Libyan city of Benghazi. Robbers reportedly made off ...

Rosetta Stone, c. 196 B.C.E., granite, 114.4 cm x 72.3 x 27.9 cm or 45 x 28.5 x 11 in. (British Museum, London) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker The Professors describe the 3 languages found in the Rosetta Stone: - The stone said the same thing in 3 different languages...Ancient Greek which is down in the ...

Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon, was born in 356 BC in Pella, capital of the Macedonian kingdom, an ancient Greek state. He was son of the Macedonian king Philip II and Olympias, princess of Molossians in Epirus. The Macedonian Royal House The Macedonian royal house was called "Argeads" or "Temenidae". According to the tradition, the founder ...

According to Article 2 of UNESCO’s Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity, “it is essential to ensure harmonious interaction among people and groups with plural, varied and dynamic cultural identities”. 5 million people live in the modern region of Macedonia, and more than half of them have a Greek national identity, along with their Macedonian cultural identity, ...

        The Empire preserved Romano-Hellenistic traditions,[6] but due to the increasing predominance of the Greek language, it was usually known to most of its western and northern contemporaries as the Empire of the Greeks.[n 3]  The use of the term Empire of the Greeks (Latin: Imperium Graecorum) in the West to refer to the Eastern Roman Empire ...

 Socotra, also spelt Soqotra, is a small archipelago of four islands in the Indian Ocean. The largest island, also called Socotra, is about 95% of the landmass of the archipelago It lies some 240 kilometres (150 mi) east of the Horn of Africa and 380 kilometres (240 mi) south of the Arabian Peninsula. The island is very isolated and through ...

By  SPARTANsenator7 A documentary about the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia. To those who are not familiar with Greek history and the devious political games of some lobbies in the Balkans, i must stress that this documentary is about the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who was situated in the Greek province of Macedonia and has ...