Showing posts with label Pseudo Macedonian Skopje. Show all posts
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War over Alexander the Great to rumble on

              

Skopje museum plans sculpture of the Macedonian king and other famous ancient figures

Greeks and Bulgarians have bitterly contested the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s claim to figures such as Alexander the Great
The director of an archaeological museum opening later this year in Skopje, the capital of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, says it will have 15 wax sculptures of historical figures, including Alexander the Great (below), his father Philip II and the philosopher Aristotle, which will do little to improve relations with Greece or Bulgaria.