Besides being a great conqueror, Alexander the Great was known as something of an oenophile. Here's what we know about his ...

Alexander the Great is one of the most famous names in history - but why? Our 60 second primer introduces you to one of ...

Alexander the Great's love life has been a subject of debate for centuries, as his relationships with both men and women were ...

AI has analyzed a 2000-year-old burned parchment, and found mention of the generals and usurpers who succeeded Alexander the ...

Alexander was born in Pella ... overlord of Asia Minor and pharaoh of Egypt became 'great king' of Persia at the age of 25. Over the next eight years, in his capacity as king, commander ...

Has any ancient figure captivated the imagination of people over the centuries so much as Alexander the Great? In less than a decade he created an empire stretching across much of the Near East as far ...

Archaeologists in Greece have reportedly found what may be the sacred tunic of Alexander the Great in 2424 year-old tomb. In the major breakthrough the team, led by Antonis Bartziokas from ...

As its name indicates, the Spanish Cape of Finisterre (finis terrae) was considered in Antiquity as the westernmost limit of ...

The horse was called Bucephalus and the boy would, of course, grow up to be Alexander the Great. Alexander was brought up on stories of Homer’s heroes from the Trojan Wars. He was a true child ...

This book explains what made Alexander 'Great' according to the people and expectations of his time and place and rejects modern judgments asserted on the basis of an implicit moral superiority to ...