Alexander the Great died at age 32, but his cause of death is unclear. What killed him has been a long-standing source of ...

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

After becoming the King of Macedon at the age of 20 in 336 BCE, Alexander spent only two years in Europe. He defeated and ...

Calliope Limneos-Papakosta believes the tomb may be hidden beneath modern Alexandria's streets, at the intersection of ancient thoroughfares.

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When Alexander the Great died in 323 B.C., 13 years after building ... "It was only some 300 years after Alexander's death that we get an account [of the tomb]," while most records come from ...

Alexander was born in Pella ... overlord of Asia Minor and pharaoh of Egypt became 'great king' of Persia at the age of 25. Over the next eight years, in his capacity as king, commander ...

Experts have identified a site in northwest Turkey as that of the Battle of the Granicus, a major victory for Alexander the Great. The defeat of the Persians in 334 B.C. at that location provided ...

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.