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A tomb that may have been built for a close friend of Alexander the Great may be aligned with the winter solstice.
A study reveals that the Kasta Tomb in Amphipolis, Greece, built by Alexander for Hephaestion, was solar-aligned with the ...
Ancient human remains in a famous Greek tomb can't be Alexander the Great's father after all, a scientific analysis reveals.
The largest and most lavish tomb ever built in ancient Macedonia may have been designed to fill with sunlight on the winter ...
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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 ...
However, scientists could not agree on which tomb contained which member of the family - while the location of Alexander the Great's own tomb remains unknown. Last year, a study led by Antonios ...
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 ...
Experts hypothesize that the fabric and several other items in the tomb belonged to Alexander the Great and were inherited by Philip III Arrhidaeus. The fragment of fabric is significant not only ...
A grand tomb that may have been built for Alexander the Great's best friend and bodyguard around 2,300 years ago has an astronomical secret: Its burial chamber is aligned so that sunlight enters ...