Here’s how it works. The head of a marble statue of Alexander the Great unearthed in Turkey shows the enduring popularity of the ancient ruler hundreds of years after his death, experts say.

The fact that we found an ancient statue of Alexander the Great in 2009—in a small trench of 15 square meters with a depth of eight meters, full of soil, debris and water—was a miracle.

A statue of Alexander the Great looms over the central square. One of his father, Philip II of Macedon, towers above a nearby piazza atop an oversize pedestal. The city is also littered with ...

A general view of Macedonia Square, where works for the installation of a massive equestrian statue of Alexander the Great on his horse Bucephalus started in Skopje, yesterday. The components of ...

A statue of Alexander the Great looms over the central square. One of his father, Philip II of Macedon, towers above a nearby piazza atop an oversize pedestal. The city is also littered with ...