Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great, who set out from his kingdom of Macedon (in modern-day Greece) at the age of 20 to conquer the mighty Persian Empire.

A tomb that may have been built for a close friend of Alexander the Great may be aligned with the winter solstice.

At the age of 32, the famed Macedonian king Alexander the Great died in Babylon in 323 B.C.E. Shortly after his death, his impressive empire, which stretched from the Balkans to modern-day ...

During his brief 33-year life, Alexander expanded his empire from the backwaters of Greece to parts of modern-day India, and everything in between. Like many great historical figures, Alexander's ...

Nearchus, the Navigator, bridged East and West with a daring voyage that reshaped ancient maritime strategy and trade routes.

Alexander, the brilliant young Macedonian ... Aramaic inscriptions found in modern-day Afghanistan and archaeological remains of his conquests, Kousser teases out the forgotten perspectives ...

In 333 BCE, near the small Pinarus River along the modern-day borders of Turkey and Syria, a fierce battle took place between the forces of Alexander the Great and the Persian king Darius III.

Languages: English, Spanish Archaeologists say they have identified the site where one of Alexander the ... region that corresponds to most of modern-day Turkey. His success at the battle paved ...

Next are all the modern countries that were once all or in part included in Alexander’s empire ... had a succession of powerful empires and was the great prize of the Fertile Crescent.