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I noticed when I was researching the site I listed that as you said some of the Greek customs did merge with Persian. Alexander definately left his mark and had a hand in cultrural changes.There aren't too many figures from history that can claim that in my humble opinion.

I often wondered what the Persians thought of Alexander's dream to join the east and west together to live in harmony. Did they just go along with it to appease him? Did they really think it could work and wanted it to? As we know from our readings of many classics the Macedonians weren't fond of th...

I found some interesting information about what happened with these marriages after Alexander died. From: http://www.iranchamber.com After Alexander's death, the old prejudices reasserted themselves. For example, out of eighty marriages with Iranian ladies, only one, that of Seleukos and Apama laste...

I'm not sure if I'll get a response but I've contacted someone about this. I'll let you know what I find out.

For some reason the picture showed in the preview but not in the post, sorry.

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I know it is written that Alexander had a grand plan for Hephaestion's temple but it never happened because after Alexander died his successors didn't want to use "their" money to complete it so it was abandoned. I have found some information for you and hope this helps even though it may ...

Okay I was really bored today and was doing some of my internet surfing and came across this and remembered our discussion on the debate of who tomb II belongs to: PALEOANTHROPOLOGY: Is Alexander the Great's Father Missing, Too? Robert Koenig On page 511, a paper by a Greek paleoanthropologist argue...

that Alexander appears to be in before finally being embalmed makes it appear that it was arsenic, and I believe that maybe Paul Doherty did write something to that effect also in his book on the death of Alexander. Correct me if I am mistaken about that. But I did think that only arsenic poisoning...

Hey I found something and am not sure if it is helpful or not.It's from an educational site. It has a history timeline: (see the October 317) Then, while Cassander campaigns in the south, Polyperchon and Olympias invade Macedon; Eurydike's army desert and she and Philip Arrhidaeus are captured and e...

From what I have researched your dates seems accurate and trying to find the exact date is somewhat frustrating! I have pulled out most of my books that I thought the information would be in and it's generalized and no exact dates are in them. I found the same thing online as well. I'll try to searc...

I wonder with all the interest and debate over the true identity of Saint Mark if the church will ever let tests be done? I mean stranger things have happened. Some of Egypts most precious mummies have undergone x-rays- ct scans, dna testing ect... to answer who they were so why not the remains of S...

Another great new find! This is really exciting! And this one is linked to Homer's location of Ithaca. I hadn't heard this so thanks for posting the link.

That was very interesting Marcus, thanks for sharing the link! There was some information that I had never known about the customs practiced way back then. The burying of the dead in jars I think was practiced by some other ancient prehistoric societies as well. (I want to say asian, but I could be ...

I found this book very interested and well researched. It is worth the money! I got my copy on Amazon for a fair price and it was new so perfect condition. You can tell when you sit down to read it that a lot of hard work and research went into it. I also love an author who you can tell has passion ...

aleksandros: Being the bones were from cremation there is little hope any dna is left behind. I believe from what I have learned from Egyptian mummies and using dna to identify them, that it's the marrow or tissue that carries the dna, not the actual bones themselves. ruthaki: I agree the statue see...