The remains of Alexander the Great may lie under the streets of Alexandria, they may have been "eaten by a shark," or they ...

He was very brave, charismatic, had very great qualities, but also did some absolutely awful things. He was unique.” One ...

Peritas the legendary dog followed Alexander the Great on the path to glory, fighting alongside his master and saving his ...

Alexander was born in ... The young king of Macedonia, leader of the Greeks, overlord of Asia Minor and pharaoh of Egypt became 'great king' of Persia at the age of 25. Over the next eight years ...

Following the mutiny of his army, Alexander the Great was forced to abandon his eastward march. In response, he turned his ...

His father hired the great philosopher, Aristotle, and asked him to create a little school here in a remote part of Macedonia where he spent three years intensively teaching the young Alexander ...

An expert on both the Macedonian and the Achaemenid (Persian) empires, and author of A short introduction: Alexander the Great, Briant bristles at the idea that Alexander achieved something that ...

Researchers have hotly debated where Alexander the Great is buried, with theories ranging from his homeland in Macedonia (now Greece) to Egypt. Like the Holy Grail or the Ark of the Covenant ...