Whether motivated by politics or drunken revelry, the destruction of Persepolis haunted its conqueror until the end of his ...

Was Alexander The Great the most important man that ever lived in the history of mankind? It is said that he was born from ...

Alexander the Great brought bananas, parakeets, cotton, and sugar from India to Europe, as well as crucifixion from Persia.

At long last, Turkish researchers have pinpointed the precise site of the Battle of Granicus, where Alexander the Great achieved his first monumental victory on the road to becoming history’s greatest ...

The ancient Greek ideal of World Unity is manifested in the conquests of Alexander the Great aiming to unite the world ...

History tells us that Alexander the Great, born in 356 B.C., loved wine. So much so that as the Prince of Macedonia, he once held a drinking competition between his Macedonian soldiers and the newly ...

The death of Alexander the Great — one of the history’s most famed conquerors — has long been a mystery. And theories surrounding his death are endless: Did he die of typhoid or malaria? Was his death ...

In a misty stretch of northern Greek countryside, wedged between forested hills and a coastal plain west of Thessaloniki, is the modern village of Vergina. But Angeliki Kottaridi, who has spent a ...

Alexander the Great was the first global celebrity: a hero, a superman and, so he believed, a god. Not only did he rule most of the known world at the time of his death in 323 BC, he also became a ...

A remarkable mosaic unearthed during the excavation of an ancient synagogue in northern Israel may portray Alexander the Great. Experts are thrilled to reveal the mosaic that was discovered on the ...

Underwater archaeologists have made a fascinating discovery near where the iconic military leader is believed to be buried.

An ancient tunic beleived to belong to Alexander the Great was found in the Royal Tombs of Vergina in Greece. Alamy Stock Photo What a Great find. New archeological research has uncovered a piece of ...