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Never heard of Jan Bockelson? Or Georges Boulanger? You’re not alone. But Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, Robespierre and the ...
Did the ancient Macedonians participate in the Olympic Games in which only the Greeks were allowed to compete?
The story of Philinnion is about a ghost in ancient Greece, a maiden who returned from the grave to make love to a human.
Athens-based independent scholar Demetrius Savvides has shown that in Amphipolis, northern Greece, where the Kastas Monument ...
The most feared weapons of the ancient world didn’t necessarily break the mold when it came to battlefield innovation. In some cases, these were perfectly in line with the weapons used by other ...
Lyncus was first settled in the 7th century B.C. after the kingdom itself was conquered by King Phillip II of Macedon in 358 ... we don’t have Philip II, Alexander’s father, nor do we have ...
Philip II was around 45 years old at the time of his ... all sit in what is considered to be the Royal burial Ground of Macedon Kings still leans into the idea that the unidentified skeleton ...
After much research and debate, some historians decided that one of the tombs, known as the Tomb of Persephone, held the remains of Philip II of Macedon—Alexander the Great's father, along with ...
For years, it was speculated that the tomb might house the remains of historical figures such as Philip II of Macedon (father of Alexander the Great) or his wife Cleopatra. However, these theories ...
The site of what was once Lyncus, the capital of the Kingdom of Lyncestis, which was conquered by King Philip II of Macedon in 358 BC, was first discovered back in 1966, but researchers initially ...
The kingdom was conquered by King Philip II of Macedon in 358 B.C. “Every indication is pointing toward this being the city of Lyncus, within Lyncestis,” Angeloff said. “Nothing is pointing ...
The kingdom was conquered by King Philip II of Macedon in 358 B.C. Lyncus was the only city associated with Upper Macedonia, according to Angeloff, and had never been found before. "[The discovery ...