Alexander the Great, a young Macedonian king, forged an unparalleled empire through relentless ambition and military genius, ...

A prophecy about Alexander the Great is found in the Jewish Book of Daniel, which was written 200 years before his birth.

Alexander the Great dived into the unknown, facing giant crabs, pearls, and mysterious depths in a legendary underwater ...

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 ...

The Battle of the Granicus was a large battle fought between Alexander the Great and the Persian Empire in 334 BC. The battle took place along the Granicus River in what is now modern-day Turkey.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In life, Alexander the Great stamped his mark across the known world. Today, the search for tangible evidence of his fleeting existence continues. While the prospect of uncovering Alexander’s tomb ...

A new Netflix series about the life of Alexander the Great, which includes scenes of him with a male lover, has faced criticism from some Greek officials, and some historians say that although the ...

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 ...

Alexander the Great, a legendary king who conquered vast empires, believed true freedom stemmed from conquering inner fear.