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Hi all, it's been a long time, life got in the way :( pleased to be back. Question for the ancient geography experts: I'm preparing to retrace Alexander's Balkan campaign and got stuck trying to find where "Peuce" might have been. Doing a search in the forums only found two hits and Google...

Incredible work! Thanks for sharing. You must be very patient to accomplish all that. Are you going to do Persian side next? :) .... funny you should say that ! One of the reasons I posted the pictures is to get advice from the group here on how to build it up. During painting, it became obvious th...

sorry, never done this before. try two: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNtIuYelJ0a-CQHvxoLarFmdYAb-JosDjd2kAo2q5HYbr7XnYiSGAYSW8G3WJ2xVQ?key=ZlNNUEtWcHFRV3ZyanhXbHR4azRUanBxTmNTTXFn https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNtIuYelJ0a-CQHvxoLarFmdYAb-JosDjd2kAo2q5HYbr7XnYiSGAYSW8G3WJ2xVQ/photo/AF1...

Dear all, Three and a half years ago, this learned group of Alexander fans helped with advice on planning a model of Alexander's army and I resurrected the original thread to thank everyone, including Agesilaos who I read passed away :( Back in 2013, he sent me Marsden's "The Campaign of Gaugam...

I suspect the documentary will not be for Alexander purists, nor give any startling historical insights. However, David Adams' photography usually nails the essence of a location.

http://www.davidadamsfilms.com.au/news/ ... ring-2013/

Chris.

A year ago, many of the regulars here at pothos.org helped with the planning for a model of the battle of Gaugamela. I work away from home for many months of the year, so progress is slow. However, it's about two thirds complete now, ie 2500 figures. They are not lined up in battle order yet and the...

marcus wrote: But I'm really not complaining, as I think she's done a pretty good job.

Her real achievement is not producing a photo of Alexander. Her real achievement is to come up with the idea of applying established methods of forensic science to ancient sculpture.

That's trail-blazing genius.

Chris.

And a special treat for you guys... check out this great link, and when you do, scroll down slowly and you'll see something awesome ;-) http://artofkaren.blogspot.se/2006_10_01_archive.html Hi Robbie - yes, I thought she did quite a good job of that. The Pergamon Head is the face of Alexander the G...

agesilaos wrote:Personally, I think that Tomb I held Philip II ...

In tomb I ?!? I thought there were only 3 skeletons:

1) Tomb II: male, mid forties, damaged R cheekbone
2) Tomb II: female, mid twenties
3) Tomb III: teenaged male, Alexander IV, uncontested (so far)

Is this incorrect?

Chris.

The facial disfigurement cannot rule out either man, yes Philip had suffered an arrow wound to the eye but nowhere is it stated he had difficulty eating or speaking, which seems the necessary corollary of such an extreme deformity; in fact he is a loquacious public speaker. Good point, and one I ha...

I read this a while back and what stood out for me was that he did not understand the true conclusion of his work which was not that the body could not be Arrhidaios as he states, but only that you cannot tell from the bones whether they are from a wet or dry cremation and that the bones of Philip ...

By the way, any idea if they have already come to a conclusion about the owner of that royal funerary scenario? Last time I heard about it, scientists were fighting with clubs about that. :| I used to get very confused about the lines of argument from both sides and your post prompted me to look ag...

Your description of "Rough Cilicia" and Cilicia" I do not disagree with: the Greeks clearly made these distinctions. That Cilicia did not extend into the Taurus Range I cannot see. We really do not have any clear idea of what "boundaries" marked ancient "provinces"...

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/ Study the headlines in that link. They come from what was until very recently the most widely read newspaper in the UK. Peter Green appeals to the same readership, for the same reasons. Chris. I think that overly harsh and inaccurate. Many may (and do) take issue wi...

Thank you very much, Alexias, you are right! I only wondered, in my poor English, why Peter Green's book is so widely known.Hiphys http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/ Study the headlines in that link. They come from what was until very recently the most widely read newspaper in the UK. Peter Green app...