Tag: Alexander the Great
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Treasure from Alexander the Great’s reign found in Azerbaijan
Ancient coins minted 2300 years ago were discovered in Kyzylkend village of Azerbaijan’s Imishli region. Villager Etiram Rzayev discovered nine coins with an image of Alexander the Great, ruler of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia. A group of specialists of Azerbaijan’s National Academy have already visited the village and explored the found coins. According to…
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Wikipedia Robots Fight Over Alexander the Great
Humans and software robots (bots) fight over the content of the Alexander the Great entry in Wikipedia, according to new British scientific research. The research show that bots behave more like humans than one would expect, “unleashing” a war in cyberspace concerning what to include in the Wikipedia entries. Alexander the Great has always been such a…
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Ancient Greeks may have built China’s famous Terracotta Army – 1,500 years before Marco Polo
Ancient Greeks artists could have travelled to China 1,500 years before Marco Polo’s historic trip to the east and helped design the famous Terracotta Army, according to new research. The startling claim is based on two key pieces of evidence: European DNA discovered at sites in China’s Xinjiang province from the time of the First…
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Alexander the Great: Pioneering Multiculturalism
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of its foundation, the Australian Institute of Macedonian Studies (AIMS), in collaboration with the Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) and the Pan-Macedonian Association presents the musical concert “Alexander the Great: Pioneering Multiculturalism”. The concert will take place on Wednesday, October 26 at 8 pm in one of the world’s finest…