Alexander the Great's conquest of Asia has always fascinated me. Therefore it was with great interest that I read through a BBC article published today that's subject is concerned with an archaeology site located on an island off of Kuwait. Here is a snippet from that article:

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.

Full BBC Article Here

Hopefully the BBC will continue to follow this story, and publish updates on their findings.

Very interesting!