Thursday 11 January 2024
SILVER TETRADRACHM OF THE GREEK KING SELEUCUS I NICATOR
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Silver Tetradrachm of the Greek King Seleucus I . 312-280. Obv. Bridled horsehead looking right, with horns. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ( of ...
Saturday 6 January 2024
SURKH KOTAL INSCRIPTION IN GREEK SCRIPT ~ ~ PULI KHUMRI ~ AFGHANISTAN
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Displayed at the Kabul Museum, this limestone tablet is from the 2nd century CE and is inscribed with the Greek alphabet. It was found in ...
Monday 1 January 2024
THE GORGONEION A GREEK APOTROPAIC IMAGE FROM THE DEPTHS OF CENTURIES
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In Ancient Greece, the Gorgoneion (Greek: Γοργόνειον) was a special apotropaic amulet showing the Gorgon head, which was used by Athena a...
Thursday 21 December 2023
THE ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM OF THE GRECO ~ BACTRIAN KINGDOM
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The structure of the administration of Greco-Bactrian kingdom closely followed that set up by Alexander, who in his turn had based his on th...
Saturday 9 December 2023
EUTHYDEMUS I
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Euthydemus I (Greek: Εὐθύδημος, Euthydemos) c. 260 BCE – 200/195 BCE) was a Greco-Bactrian King and founder of the Euthydemid dynasty. He ...
Friday 8 December 2023
TANAIS A GREEK COLONY IN THE SEA OF AZOF
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Tanais, (Greek Τάναϊς) is the ancient name for the River Don. In antiquity, it was also the name of the city situated in the Don river delta...
Wednesday 22 November 2023
THE GREEK KINGS WHO RULED INDIA
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Around 170 BCE, two massive armies left Taxila for the great city of Pataliputra. One army marched through Punjab and the Gangetic plains,...
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