The young conqueror fell suddenly and fatally ill at an all-night feast. Now, a Stanford historian has found a potential ...

A n iconic Alexander the Great mosaic found at Pompeii got its roughly 2 million pieces from quarries that extended far ...

Using a non-invasive method of analysis, researchers have discovered that the pieces making up the famous Pompeii mosaic of ...

A famous Roman mosaic depicting Alexander the Great is revealing new insights into antiquity. As part of an ongoing restoration, researchers have learned that the artwork’s stones came from ...

Hidden Details of Alexander the Great Mosaic Revealed Through Unique Study. Monday January 20, 2025; Written by Gadgets 360 Staff; A scientific study on the Alexander Mosaic, displayed in Naples ...

A mosaic originally from the House of the Faun in Pompeii—dating from around 100 B.C.—that depicts Alexander the Great. Archaeologists have identified the site where one of the legendary ...

A mosaic from the House of the Faun in Pompeii, in southern Italy, depicts Alexander astride his horse Bucephalus during one of several battles he waged against the Persian king Darius III ...

Based on a lost Greek painting made when memories of the 333BC Battle of Issus were still alive, the five-metre Alexander Mosaic, composed of 2mn tiny tesserae placed to represent astonishingly ...

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.

Alexander the Great is remembered today for his military conquests and empire-expanding activities (and perhaps for being the main character in that 2004 movie with terrible accents). Born in 356 ...