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Semiramis, I hope I can help with this as I am reading about Themistocles and it has mention of Xerxes in it and I do recall something about the revolt you are talking about. You will have to bare with me as I am getting used to contacts and everything is blury so please excuse any typos. :lol: Ther...

WOW! Those pictures are amazing! Great talent!

Efstathios wrote:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4707014.stm

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,184718,00.html

On the horses, i am trying to find the book to scan the picture.

Thank you Efstathios. I will check out these sites!

A big tomb was found recently in February 2006 in Pella, consisting of eight chambers, with bodies and items, that as the archaiologists said it is of a noble family. It's estimated chronology is right after Alexander's campaign. There are other findings too in the area, i'll try to talk to an arch...

Everything that has to do with ancient Egypt is interesting. One of the most interesting recent discoveries is the hall below and in front of the sphinx. It was detected by the use of sismic waves, or something like that. It could be one of the greatest finds, as it is said that a room under the sh...

Thanks, I knew it was made after his death, but couldn't off the top of my head think of the year. :oops: I had to run and look in one of my books and it had some information on it. It says "Roman copy from Pompeii of an original Greek painting by Philoxenus." There is a site that has a pi...

That show definitely sounds like it's worth checking out. Is it called "The Lost Mummy of Imhotep" by any chance? There is one single book on Imhotep in my university library. Published in 1928. Don't know whether to laugh or cry about that one...:? I've had this interest with history, my...

Greetings, I am trying to recall, for an author, the source of the quip that Alexander had the "hair, teeth and spirit" of a lion. I recall it was one of the later mythologies about Alexander but cannot pull the source from my memory. I would appreciate any help on this, though I will als...

Another one from the Stone movie: "I am nothing without you" - Alexander to Hephaistion as Hephaistion lays dying. Quite clever to turn a reported quote upside down like that. :) One thing I found interesting was Alexander's request that Hephaistion be made into a god after his death. I t...

I've just ordered it online. Can't wait to see it. :D And yes, when Greeks say "xanthos" or "xanthe" (fair, m. and f.), we mean light-haired; this could be anything from blonde to brown. Usually we distinguish the colour by the colour of the eyebrows. If the eyebrows are light or...

Do you think by giving so much to his men that this may have been part of why his men refused to continue following him? Let me think. No. To give you must first take. Alexander took much. His army took much. Whatever Alexander "gave" his men was the merest pittance compared the the riche...

Giving was in Alexander's nature. He had no need for luxaries and pleasures. I don't think he gave away too much. Instead, this giving away might have caused the army to love him more. I enjoy your theory about the men refusing to go on because of such riches. I can certainly see some of the men wi...

I very much agree with you Kenny. Alexander and Hephaestion had such a bond. I really don't care if their relationship was sexual or not. It was totally normal back then to have lovers of both genders. We make such a big deal about it in this day and age, but what those two had was beautiful. Hephae...

Semiramis, I posted that I too don't believe Aristotle had anything to do with Alexander's death. I wonder if Hephaestion did indeed die of poisoning, if the people involved did it with the intent that Alexander would be so distraught that he would commit suicide then they wouldn't have to kill him ...

The Egyptian Priests were held very highly in Egyptian culture (as were the Philosophers of Greece) not only for their knowledge of things, but also to seek out their advice. I have to agree with Theseus here. The works of Imhotep for example were referred to as "Egyptian Philosophy" by t...