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Professor Christian de Vartavan shares groundbreaking insights into the search for Alexander the Great's tomb and the fate of ...

Alexander was educated by the philosopher Aristotle. Philip was assassinated in 336 BC and Alexander inherited a powerful yet volatile kingdom. He quickly ... Egypt became 'great king' of Persia ...

When Alexander the Great died in 323 B.C., 13 years after building one of the world's largest empires, he left what would become ... to Egypt. Like the Holy Grail or the Ark of the Covenant ...

Alexander the Great died in June 323 B.C. in Babylon, in what is now Iraq, at age 32. By that time, he had conquered an empire ... different kingdoms. But how did Alexander the Great die?

An iconic Alexander the Great mosaic found at Pompeii got its roughly ... of the tesserae," they wrote in the study. Details like this explain why this is "perhaps the most iconic and well-known ...

Alexander the Great visited the city of Troy while on his campaign against the Persian Empire. What did he do while he was there?

When it comes to historical and archaeological finds, few things spark our curiosity quite like the adventures of Alexander the Great ... his first big wins after he took over following his ...

Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great ... achieved an almost god-like status. For ...

You learn to look ... intensely. He was very brave, charismatic, had very great qualities, but also did some absolutely awful things. He was unique.” One person who interprets Alexander a ...