Egypt
- Father Or Brother Of Alexander The Great?
Live Science (Stephanie Pappas) A cremated male skeleton in a lavish ancient Greek tomb is not Alexander the Great's half-witted half-brother, according to a new study. The research reignites a 33-year-long debate over whether the burned bones found...
- Book Review: Alexander The Great - A Life In Legend
Bryn Mawr Classical Review There's a table of contents on the above page, together with the rest of the review. Here's an extract: Richard Stoneman, Alexander the Great: A Life in Legend. New Haven, CT/London: Yale University Press, 2008. Reviewed...
- Book Review: Philip Ii Of Macedonia
The Telegraph, UK (Review by Lorna Gibb) Philip II of Macedonia by Ian Worthington Not really about Egypt but this might be of use to anyone who has an interest in Alexander The Great. Any biography requires the piecing together of partial sources and...
- Book Review: Alexander's Lovers
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2006/5/emw388514.htm "Just published, Alexander’s Lovers is the second book by Andrew Chugg, the author of The Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great. It presents an exploration of Alexander’s character through the mirror...
- Burial Of A Pharaoh At Vergina?
Back in 1977 a great tumulus was excavated and found to contain an intact two chambered tomb. In the smaller chamber was found a stone sarcophagus containing a gold box which when opened revealed the cremated remains of a women wrapped in a purple shroud...
Egypt
Alexander and his Macedonian heirs
Al Ahram Weekly (Jill Kamil)
Macedonian conquest of Egypt, its consequences and its reflection in literature and art were the subject of an international workshop at the University of Warsaw towards the end of 2011. Its aim was to explore the means by which Alexander's successors, the Ptolemies -- who successfully ruled Egypt for three centuries and made it once more a brilliant kingdom -- systematically elevated and propagated Alexander's memory by identifying themselves with the deceased hero and reusing his visual and literary heritage.
The colourful personality of Alexander the Great has been memorialised in fiction, films and biographies. His death and multiple burials have long held fascination. Indeed, the search for his tomb continues. Seeking clues from material remains, today's scholars continue to unravel the compelling mysteries that surround his brief stay in Egypt.
Alexander, son of Philip II of Macedonia, had already made himself master of the disunited Greek world when, after defeating the Persians in the Levant, he marched on Egypt. The country was then under Persian rule and the Egyptians in a state of revolt against their overlords. It was not without enthusiasm, therefore, that they joined Alexander's march towards their capital Memphis where the Persian garrison was quickly discharged.
- Father Or Brother Of Alexander The Great?
Live Science (Stephanie Pappas) A cremated male skeleton in a lavish ancient Greek tomb is not Alexander the Great's half-witted half-brother, according to a new study. The research reignites a 33-year-long debate over whether the burned bones found...
- Book Review: Alexander The Great - A Life In Legend
Bryn Mawr Classical Review There's a table of contents on the above page, together with the rest of the review. Here's an extract: Richard Stoneman, Alexander the Great: A Life in Legend. New Haven, CT/London: Yale University Press, 2008. Reviewed...
- Book Review: Philip Ii Of Macedonia
The Telegraph, UK (Review by Lorna Gibb) Philip II of Macedonia by Ian Worthington Not really about Egypt but this might be of use to anyone who has an interest in Alexander The Great. Any biography requires the piecing together of partial sources and...
- Book Review: Alexander's Lovers
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2006/5/emw388514.htm "Just published, Alexander’s Lovers is the second book by Andrew Chugg, the author of The Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great. It presents an exploration of Alexander’s character through the mirror...
- Burial Of A Pharaoh At Vergina?
Back in 1977 a great tumulus was excavated and found to contain an intact two chambered tomb. In the smaller chamber was found a stone sarcophagus containing a gold box which when opened revealed the cremated remains of a women wrapped in a purple shroud...