Ancient Weapons Workshop Linked to Alexander the Great’s Successors Found on Greece’s Andros

Ancient Weapons Workshop Linked to Alexander the Great’s Successors Found on Greece’s Andros

Remnants of a characteristic furnace found inside the agora of ancient Andros. Credit: G. Stamatakis / CC BY 4.0 Archaeologists have uncovered a large ancient weapons production site on the Greek island of Andros, linked to the era of Alexander the Great’s successors, who dominated the island from around 337 BC. A study published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences reveals that iron-working slags found at Palaeopolis, the island’s anc…