Smithsonian Magazine

Afghanistan Was a Crossroad of the Ancient World, Where Hellenistic Culture Blended With Buddhist Influences

Alexander the Great conquered the region around 329 B.C.E., leaving behind Greek and Macedonian settlers who intermarried ...
Greek Reporter

Ancient Greek Building With Courtyard Discovered in Kuwait

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient Greek building and courtyard on Failaka Island, Kuwait, offering insights into ...
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The Hellenistic settlements in the East from Armenia and Mesopotamia to Bactria and India / Getzel M. Cohen

This is the third volume of Getzel Cohen's important work on the Hellenistic settlements in the ancient world. Through the conquests of Alexander the Great, his successors and others, Greek and ...
Greek Reporter

Ancient Coins Linked to Alexander the Great’s Hellenistic World Seized in Israel

Authorities in Israel seized hundreds of ancient coins dating to the Hellenistic world, shaped by Alexander the Great.
PBS

The Gospel of Luke

What do we know if anything about Luke? Traditions report that Luke was a companion of Paul, a physician and therefore someone learned in Hellenistic literary and scientific culture. All of those are ...