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Tehran alleges time-wasting as curator trawls through thousands of cuneiform clay fragments for Cyrus the Great's legacy

In praise of ... wasting time | Editorial 2011

In 1964 the Afghan King Zahir Shah discovered signs of an entire Greek city, Ai Khanum, and the exhibition features an exciting reconstruction of the polis founded by one of Alexander the Great's generals—a whole year's march from Athens.

Afghanistan's Golden Legacy Paul Levy 2011

And a fascinating statue of a son or grandson of Alexander the Great's general Ptolemy shows him in almost identical garb and gait to a statuette over 1000 years earlier, while the Persian Darius the Great is also shown as indistinguishable to the untrained eye from a native pharaoh.

British Museum handsomely fulfils its duties to England outside London 2011

When Philip of Macedon, Alexander the Great's father, threatened to invade in the 4th Century BC, he wrote to its governors with a kind of pre-emptive strike, saying, 'If I enter Laconia I will raze it to the ground.'

This is perfect! karenmiller 2009

Dinocrates the Formalist was a flashy cove who, in the first instance of starchitect branding, wandered into Alexander the Great's camp dressed as Hercules and flourishing his plans to fashion Mount Athos into a gigantic recumbent sculpture of his would-be patron.

The Dangers of Architectural Positivism 2009

The Kalash, who number about 3,500—spread over three valleys along the Afghan border—claim descent from Alexander the Great's army and say they are under increasing pressure to convert to Islam.

Asia in Pictures 2011

My favourite was Jim Mortimore's "The Book of Shadows", about Barbara Wright marrying one of Alexander the Great's generals and ruling Egypt - particularly interesting to come to this so soon after Farewell Great Macedon which has a very similar theme.

December Books 3) Decalog, edited by Mark Stammers and Stephen James Walker nwhyte 2009

It was there, in what is now the border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan, that Alexander the Great's incursion into India ultimately spawned an artistic expression.

Diplomatic Deliverance Melik Kaylan 2011

What to do in your time off In a whole afternoon: Take a taxi, or a tram if you want the tourist experience, to the leafy open hectares of Kadriorg Park and visit Peter the Great's palace.

Estonia's Tallin Offers Medieval Charms Jeff Mills 2011

Born in Mainz around the year 780, Rabanus entered the monastery when he was still very young: the name Maurus was given him precisely in reference to the young Maurus who, according to the second book of St. Gregory the Great's "Dialogues," had been given at a very young age to the abbot Benedict of Nursia by his own parents, who were Roman nobles.

Benedict on the Liturgy: "The Faith is not only thought" 2009