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

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

Born in 356 BCE in Pella, Alexander the Great became one of history's most renowned figures ... These cities became centers ...

The remains of Alexander the Great may lie under the streets of Alexandria, they may have been "eaten by a shark," or they ...

Hellenization, or Hellenism, refers to the spread of Greek culture that had begun after the conquest of Alexander the Great in the fourth century, B.C.E. One must think of the development of the ...

This was united by a common Greek language and culture, while the king himself adopted foreign customs in order to rule his millions of ethnically diverse subjects. Alexander was acknowledged as a ...

Alexander the Great is remembered today for his military ... him to establish an empire that spread the influence of Greek culture (Hellenism) from his homeland to Egypt and from Greece to parts ...

An iconic Alexander the Great mosaic found at Pompeii got its roughly 2 million pieces from quarries that extended far beyond Alexander's ancient kingdom, a new study finds. While Alexander's ...

“This didn’t mean the local culture disappeared — quite the ... John Moore/Getty Images Cartledge — author of “Alexander the Great” — agrees that Darius I was a formidable ruler ...

But Cartledge also says Alexander was a great propagandist ... “This didn’t mean the local culture disappeared — quite the contrary,” he says, adding that everyone from the Egyptians ...