The mosaic is made of small pebbles whose colors ... From Athens, Joanna reports for our Newscast unit: "The tomb near the ancient Macedonian city of Amphipolis likely doesn't contain the remains ...

Athens-based independent scholar Demetrius Savvides has shown that in Amphipolis, northern Greece, where the Kastas Monument ...

Discovered in 1831 in the House of the Faun—a wealthy family's residence in the Roman city of Pompeii—the mosaic depicts Alexander the Great on horseback, leading the Macedonian army to ...

In 2023, North Macedonia’s Institute and Museum-Bitola ... “I see it as a large mosaic, and our studies are just a few pebbles in that mosaic. With each subsequent study, a new pebble is ...

That mosaic is far from complete. But with each coin, pot, and structure uncovered, the story of ancient Macedonia becomes clearer. It’s not just the tale of one city. It’s the rediscovery of ...

July 15, 2009: The demographic divides that spurred the civil war in 2001 between the predominantly Slav government and the ethnic Albanian NLA (National Liberation Army) continue to shape Macedonian ...

An iconic Alexander the Great mosaic found at Pompeii got its roughly ... study suggests Ancient 'military outpost' in North Macedonia might be birthplace of Alexander the Great's grandmother ...

This artwork depicts Alexander on horseback, along with his Macedonian army ... a lone tree. The mosaic is made up of millions of tiny tesserae – small, regular pieces of hard material used ...