Astonishing details of Alexander the Great's personal armory as he prepared for the Battle of Gaugamela against the Persians ...

A hunger for glory, a sense of destiny, and an ego that knew no limits: The Rest is History’s Dominic Sandbrook explores how Britain’s greatest naval hero was cut from the same cloth as the legendary ...

In the latest in Dominic Alexander’s series on great revolutions, he looks at how Russia went from bloody imperialist war to ...

A new exhibition opening in Paris on Friday showcases archaeological artifacts from Gaza, once a major commercial crossroads ...

He wasn’t a normal guy. His charm, on the screen and off, was amazing. And the devotion to his craft was 200 percent.” ...

For centuries, the people of Judaea had seen many foreign dynasts claim hegemony over them; the Greeks were but the latest.

Alexander the Great's cavalry was an elite military force but they may also have been the first to stumble upon Himalayan ...

No fewer than seven Queen Cleopatras ruled ancient Egypt during the Ptolemaic period, as a new book explains, writes David ...

Bollywood’s Bhaijaan reflects on his latest film 'Sikandar', the lessons of longevity, and the philosophy that drives him. He ...

At the edge of Egypt’s vast Eastern Desert, archaeologists have unearthed haunting evidence of an ancient dark history — ...

The victors no longer exist in the land.

After Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BC, a gold rush swept the kingdom, during which nearly 40 mines were ...