A tomb that may have been built for a close friend of Alexander the Great may be aligned with the winter solstice.

The largest and most lavish tomb ever built in ancient Macedonia may have been designed to fill with sunlight on the winter ...

A study reveals that the Kasta Tomb in Amphipolis, Greece, built by Alexander for Hephaestion, was solar-aligned with the ...

Located beneath a large burial mound, Tomb I at the site of Vergina, in northern Greece, is near several other tombs which are thought to hold members of Alexander the Great’s family ...

Known as "Tomb I," it is located beneath a large tumulus (burial mound) that has a shrine on top. It's near several other tombs, which are thought to hold other members of Alexander the Great's ...

Ancient human remains in a famous Greek tomb can't be Alexander the Great's father after all, a scientific analysis reveals.

A tomb found in 1977 was originally "conclusively" believed to contain the remains of Alexander the Great's son Alexander IV, elder half-brother Philip III, and his father Philip II. However ...

B.C.E., King Philip II of Macedon gathered friends and family at his royal court in Aegae to celebrate the marriage of his daughter Cleopatra — when one of his own bodyguards suddenly stabbed him to ...

A tomb in Greece that was thought to hold Alexander the Great’s father, Philip II, might instead contain the remains of a young woman and six infants, a study suggests. The study published in ...

View of the Amphipolis tomb with the recovered elements spread out on the southwest side, ready to be placed. Credit: Ministry of Culture of Greece From the time of its discovery, there had been ...