Athens Macedonia News Agency--The 7th International Alexander the Great Marathon was held in Macedonia on Sunday, with Teklu Geto Metaferia from Ethiopia placing first, finishing the 42.195 kilometer course in 2 hours, 18 minutes and 44 seconds. The Marathon, which sets off from Pella, birthplace of Alexander the Great and finishes near the White Tower in ...

Macedonia News - The UN Mediator, Mr Matthew Nimetz, had the chance to visit the most famous Archaeological Museums of Macedonia during his stay in Greece. The American Diplomat had a visit to the Archaeological Museums of Pella and Thessaloniki. He was accompanied by the Greek Ambassador to UN, Mr Adamantios Vasilakis and his close friend, Mr ...

Edessa in Macedonia (Northern Greece) : Mini-Amsterdam, criss-crossed by canals and aqueducts, can be dubbed a ‘water city’ By Haris Argyropoulos   According to the celebrated late novelist Menelaos Lountemis, Edessa, the main town in the border region of Pella, Macedonia, was “a stepping stone for God to the heavens.” Best known for its waterfalls, including Greece’s highest at ...

Virtual Reality of the " House of Dionysos" in Pella, Macedonia in Greece. The Foundation of the Hellenic World created the Virtual Reality of one  Hellenistic building in Pella, the ancient capital of the Macedonians in Greece. The so-called "House of Dionysos", the three-dimensional reconstruction of FHW which will be part of the exhibition called "Macedonia, the Kingdom ...

A unique triangle of history and civilization in the heart of Macedonia: - Vergina/Aigai, the first capital, the famous nekropolis of the ancient Macedonian kings, - Dion, the secret city of ancient Macedonians - Pella, the glorious Hellenistic capital of the ancient Hellenic kingdom of Macedonia The heart of Macedonia lives in Greece. From the YouTube channel of KRASOPATIR httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM8qgI0H2cw httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tNTRzZcA04

Map of the Decapolis showing the location of Pella. Pella (known in Arabic as Tabaqat Fahl (طبقة فحل)) is a village and the site of ancient ruins in northwestern Jordan. It is half an hour by car from Irbid, in the north of the country. Pella is located in the Jordan valley some 130 km north of ...

 Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos inaugurated the new Archaeological Museum of Pella on Friday and stressed that landscaping work on the area around the museum will begin soon. Geroulanos also said that the ministry has incorporated the 1.6 million euros project under the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF). The original structure was built in 1960 ...

Tuesday, April 20, 2010     Municipal and cultural representatives from Dion, Vergina/Aigai and Pella, meeting with the Hellenic community of Alexandria: Article in Eleutherotypia, by Giorgos Kiousis. Dion is the old religious and cultural center of the Macedonians, Aigai, in the modern village of Vergina is the old, historic capital of Macedonia, where its kings were ...

Hellenic Migrations and Katadesmos: A Paradigm of Macedonian Speech Hellenic Migrations and Katadesmos: Historical Background Hellenic Migrations and Katadesmos: The Macedonian dialect Hellenic Migrations and Katadesmos: The language of Katadesmos Hellenic Migrations and Katadesmos: Remarks on Katadesmos and Conclusion Hellenic Migrations and Katadesmos: Bibliography   Hellenic Migrations and Katadesmos: A Paradigm of Macedonian Speech   Marcus Alexander Templar   THE LANGUAGE OF KATADESMOS[83] GENERAL Katadesmoi (sing. katadesmos) or ...

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, ...