“It’s really because I adopted Alexander the Great. I fell in love with him when ... Philip, who was legendary for his courage in battle, wears a lionskin headdress in an illustration from ...

Artifacts found at the site date the city back to Alexander the Great’s lifetime ... way to confront Cleopatra and Mark Antony at the Battle of Actium.” Experts also suggest that the ancient ...

Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great, who set out from ... city of Troy to the location of the Battle of Issus in modern-day Anatolia, where he first ...

A famous Roman mosaic depicting Alexander the Great is revealing new insights ... The mosaic probably depicts the Battle of Issus in 333 B.C.E., in which Alexander faced off against the Persian ...

The Alexander Mosaic ... of Pompeii—the mosaic depicts Alexander the Great on horseback, leading the Macedonian army to victory over Persian King Darius III at the Battle of Issus in 333 ...

Using a non-invasive method of analysis, researchers have discovered that the pieces making up the famous Pompeii mosaic of Alexander ... in the Battle of Issus (333 BCE). Fun fact: Arab sources ...

This mosaic, with monumental dimensions (583 x 325 cm) and composed of approximately 1.9 million tesserae, depicts the Battle of Issus, where Alexander the Great led the Macedonians to victory against ...

This technology allowed researchers to identify the elements within the tesserae. Mosaic depicting Alexander the Great at the battle of Issus. Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons The study found ...