Whether motivated by politics or drunken revelry, the destruction of Persepolis haunted its conqueror until the end of his ...
The ancient Greek ideal of World Unity is manifested in the conquests of Alexander the Great aiming to unite the world ...
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 ...
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 ...
Underwater archaeologists have made a fascinating discovery near where the iconic military leader is believed to be buried.
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 ...
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Alexander mosaic analysis reveals its 2M stones came from far away
The Alexander Mosaic has always been a spectacle of scale and storytelling, but new scientific work shows its ambition ran ...
The restored Palace of Pella, birthplace of Alexander the Great, has reopened to the public, revealing new archaeological insights.
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 ...
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 ...
To prepare for my company’s off-site meeting in Greece, I decided to reread one of my favorite books, The Virtues of War. It’s a historical novel told from Alexander the Great’s point of view. Readers ...
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