Alexander's Gulf outpost uncovered

BBC ^ | Tuesday, 7 August 2007, | Neil Arun

[fishhound]

Alexander the Great's awe-inspiring conquest of Asia is drawing archaeologists to a desert island off the shores of Iraq.

Failaka ruins (pic: Greek Ministry of Culture) The Greek and Kuwaiti governments are co-operating at the site

Greek government experts are going to Failaka - a Gulf outpost of Alexander's army, now governed by Kuwait.

The island's bullet-holed buildings tell of a conflict still fresh in people's memories - Saddam Hussein's brief occupation of Kuwait in the early 1990s.

Beneath the sun-baked sands of Failaka, archaeologists hope to unearth the secrets of an earlier conquest - a settlement established by Alexander's general, Nearchus, in the 4th Century BC.

The excavations will focus on the ruins of an ancient citadel and cemetery, the general secretary of the Greek culture ministry, Christos Zahopoulos, told the BBC News website.

Earlier work by French archaeologists has uncovered the remnants of a temple to Artemis, the Greek goddess of hunting, as well as several Greek coins and idols.

'The first globalisation'

[fishhound]

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[Smokin' Joe]

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[Red Badger]

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[swain_forkbeard]

“’The first globalisation’”

Alexander lied. Classical Greece died.

[fishhound]

I can guess that tit might be named:
town of Icarea for Icarus.

But I don’t understand why the term “Civilian Flight” appears 3/4’s down and unconnected to the text. Unless I missed something?

[fishhound]

I can guess that it might be named:
town of Icarea for Icarus.

But I don’t understand why the term “Civilian Flight” appears 3/4’s down and unconnected to the text. Unless I missed something?

[Cyber Liberty]

Was that the recording studio for Alexander’s Ragtime Band?

[ladtx]

General Nearchus always told Alexander that Failaka would become a quagmire, 2500 years later and they’re still there.

[Leg Olam]

Nearchus..interesting character. More ofter refered to as an Admiral rather than a General although he was born on Crete he probably had rudimentary abilities as a seaman. He seems to be more of an organiser and explorer than a strtictly military man.

[fishhound]

He seems to be more of an organiser ... than a strtictly military man.
That’s familiar.

[SunkenCiv]

alas...

Greek experts to excavate Alexander’s colony in Kuwait
Middle East Times | August 1, 2007 | unattributed
Posted on 08/03/2007 9:23:12 AM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1875751/posts

[SunkenCiv]

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[fishhound]

Thanks

[SunkenCiv]

You’re most welcome. It happens. :’)

[Kolokotronis]

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