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

On its grounds, researchers have found Greek papyri, weapons, bronze vessels, furniture and historically significant coins ... when Palestine was conquered by Macedonian King Alexander the ...

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 ...

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 most important archaeological sites in the region. Over the last century, ...

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

In southern Greece, a monumental ancient tomb was discovered to have ... during the Hellenistic period because it resembles the Macedonian tombs from that era. Archaeologists uncovered a large ...

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 ...

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

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 ...