Macedonia History

A podcast published on Bavarian state run Radio "Bayrischer Rundfunk" talks about Alexander the Great. "The Macedonian who conquered the world" is the title of the podcast. The podcast was part of the series called "Radiowissen" (Radio Knowledge) and was broadcasted online and via the broadcasters radio channel "Bayern 2" in october 2018. Part of the podcast is German historian Dr. Alexander Free from the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. First of all he explains in the introduction, that authentic sources are hard to find, when we talk about the "Great Macedonian King". As Free says:  The main reason why the world-storming Macedonian king is so difficult to grasp is that unfortunately not a single authentic source has been preserved from the days of Alexander. All ancient evidence of his life and work dates from the Roman Empire. Historians like Arrian, Plutarch, Diodor, Curtius Rufus or Iustin used original sources that were st...

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the exodus of the “refugee children” from Aegean Macedonia (Northern Greece). Their story is sad. They fled their homes amidst a raging civil war and grew up separated from parents and siblings. When they became adults, they could not return to their native Greece nor claim their land. Some 25-30,000 children were exiled from northern Greece in the later phase of its 1945-1949 civil war. On this day, the British Air Force planes launched the napalm bombing of villages and settlements of Macedonians, forcing the Aegean Macedonians to leave their centuries old homes.

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12th Annual Convention of the MACEDONIAN POLITICAL ORGANIZATION of the United States and Canada. Detroit,Michigan,September 3-4-5 1933 From North,South,East and West Macedonians are coming to Detroit-by Rail,Boat,Bus and Automobile. Mr.Gel Alexandroff prefers airplane route.Here he starts to fly over Detroit.The sign on plane tells the story:INDEPENDENCE FOR MACEDONIA Assembled in the front od county building, many in costumes with banners and slogans,Sons and Daughters of Macedonia are ready to march. LONG LIVE INDEPENDENT MACEDONIA

Macedonia's forgotten gem - CNN CNN's Nic Robertson discovers an ancient city of hundreds of churches and monastries. CNN's new series i-List takes you to a different country each month. In May, we visit Macedonia focusing on changes shaping the country's economy, culture and its social fabric. The oldest traces of human habitation in Macedonia are the cryptic, 30,000 year-old stone engravings or rock art unearthed in the Kratovo area, as well as the astronomical observatory/ religious ritual site of Taticev Kamen, dating back almost 4,000 years. The word Macedonia instantly conjures up memories of Philip II and his son Alexander the Great, legendary emperor of the 4th century B.C.E. who brought great expanses of the known world under Macedonian rule. In this period, and the Hellenistic and Roman ones that followed it, Macedonia reached the apogee of its influence and power. Today, many ruins remain to attest to this ancient heritage, in the sites of...

Marco Merlini is General Director of the Prehistory Knowledge Project, Executive Director of the research institute InnovaNet and EURO INNOVANET, is a member of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Archaeomythology, member of the World Rock Art Academy, consultant of the City of Rome, and international co-ordinator of M.U.S.E.U.M.: the network of the historical and prehistorical museums of European capital cities. Under the auspices of the European Union, Marco Merlini produces and manages the “Virtual Museum of European Roots.” He cooperates with leading Italian archaeology magazines (Archeologia Viva, Hera) and is the author of several books including one on the Danube Script: Was Writing Born in Europe? Searching for a lost Script.