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

Alexander, the brilliant young Macedonian king remembered as “the Great,” has frequently been compared to the mythic Greek hero Achilles. Both were beloved by their soldiers and almost invincible.

Here’s what historians do and don’t know. Sisygambis, mother of Darius III, mistakes Hephaestion (center) for Alexander the Great (right) in a 18th century Italian painting by Francesco de Mura.

They found three royal tombs containing remains of the family of Alexander the Great, dating back to the 4th century BC. At the time, they were deemed to be the great warrior's father ...

Alexander the Great has transcended history as one of the greatest conquerors and strategists, who managed to form an empire that covered a good part of Europe and Asia under his command.

The rest is world history: by the time he died in 323bc, Alexander the Great commanded an empire stretching from Egypt to the Hindu Kush. A new museum that opened on December 19th explores his ...

At long last, Turkish researchers have pinpointed the precise site of the Battle of Granicus, where Alexander the Great achieved his first monumental victory on the road to becoming history’s ...