Long ago in ancient India reigned a Greek king named Menander I Soter, a great conqueror and benefactor of Buddhism ...

coins, and pottery dating from between the 4th century B.C.E. and the late Roman era. At that time, the Greek ministry hailed the find as “proof of the existence of the ancient city.” ...

Archaeologists in southern Greece unearthed a 2,400-year-old tomb in the ancient city of Tenea ... The tomb, resembling Macedonian tombs from the Hellenistic era, features an asymmetrical T ...

TEHRAN - In a landmark archaeological breakthrough, Iranian researchers have discovered what is believed to be the long-lost ...

"We must look at and research the Hellenistic world," states archaeologist and director of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Imathia, Angeliki Kottaridi, in an interview marking the 20th anniversary of ...

Founded by Alexander the Great's father King Philip II in 356 B.C.E., the historic city of Philippi has become one of the ...

“Orthodox change nothing,” Father Sava adds. “The faith that was delivered to the saints,” Martin agrees. We pause before a ...

during the Roman-Macedonian wars, the city was again under Aetolian control. In Roman times it lost its strategic importance. However it was still inhabited in the 3rd century CE judging from coin ...

Only her coin portraits—issued in her lifetime ... had styled themselves pharaohs. They were in fact Macedonian Greek, which makes Cleopatra about as Egyptian as Elizabeth Taylor.

Archaeologists debated the age and purpose of the ruins for years — but not anymore. Take a look at their recent finds.

A 2,300-year-old coin found at the Gradishte site ... “It highlights the complex networks and power structures of ancient Macedonia, especially given the city’s location along trade routes ...