Alexander the Great is one of the best-known figures in world history. He only lived until age 32, dying in Babylon. But ...

According to an ancient Greek folk tale, Alexander the Great's sister, Thessalonike of Macedon, transformed into a mermaid.

Alexander the Great conquered the known world, even pushing the borders of his sprawling empire into the uncharted ...

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

The mysterious tomb of Alexander the Great may not have been found yet, but do we at least know what it looked like?

A notable aspect of Alexander the Great’s death is that his body allegedly did not show any signs of decomposition until six days after he supposedly died. For the Ancient Greeks, this was proof ...

Alexander the Great died at age 32, but his cause of death is unclear. What killed him has been a long-standing source of debate.

- Arrian's Alexander the Great - In a New Voice. Free evening conference/reception in New York City at the NYU Center for Ancient Studies Thursday, Feb 10, 2011 at 6pm. Cohosted by the Reading ...

Alexander the Great was a young and brief emperor, and after his death his empire began to crumble almost immediately. Many facets of his life, great battles and conquests are well-known, ...

Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past, by Paul Cartledge (Overlook Press, 2004) Envy of the Gods: Alexander the Great’s Ill-Fated Journey Across Asia, by John Prevas (Da Capo Press, 2004) ...

A Netflix docuseries portrays Alexander the Great as having had same-sex relations, which experts say is possible based on historical evidence—but they say he can’t be classified as gay by ...