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 that stretched from the Balkans to India. This empire collapsed shortly ...

Deep in the deserts of Iraq, the lost city of Charax Spasinou has finally been found. It seems it had been hiding under the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of Charax Spasinou, one of thelast cities founded by Alexander the Great, after it had been buried beneath the desert for over 1,200 years. Thanks to drones ...

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 ...

Greek archaeologists have announced the discovery of a rare and ancient bust of Alexander the Great—and all they had to do was look through the unexplored corners of the storage in one of their own ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We see the famous mosaic from Pompeii of Alexander the Great riding his horse in battle. Alexander the Great ascended the ...

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 ...

According to legend, Alexander the Great was the descendant of Greek mythology's Heracles. What was the supposed line of descent?

The family tree of the legendary leader is involved. Alexander the Great is one of the best-known figures in world history. He only lived until age 32, dying in Babylon. But first, he built a massive ...

When Alexander the Great passed away, his son, Alexander IV, was still in his mother's womb, making his succession a web of ...