Alexander the Great conquered the known world, even pushing the borders of his sprawling empire into the uncharted territories of the Indus Valley. How he conquered the world—and then lost it—is an ...

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before dying, aged just 32. Alexander the Great’s legacy has given him ...

Besides being a great conqueror, Alexander the Great was known as something of an oenophile. Here's what we know about his ...

After the murder of his father, Philip of Macedon, Alexander led the armies of Macedonia in a conquest of Greece, Egypt, the Persian Empire, and parts of India. He built several cities named ...

Alexander the Great (356-323 BCE) holds a very special place in Jewish historiography and mythology. It is true that there was, traditionally, antagonism towards ‘Greek Wisdom.’ He passed ...

One of the great unsolved mysteries for historians and archaeologists is the resting place of the remains of the Macedonian emperor, who died at age 32.

Egypt goes from glory to disaster in this lively history of the Ptolemaic Dynasty. Egyptologist Wilkinson (Ramesses the Great) begins with Alexander the Great’s conquest of Egypt in 332 BCE and ...

The life of Alexander the Great was full of battles and enemies, but also of his friends who accompanied him like Ptolemy who became Pharaoh of Egypt.

A HIDDEN CITY so high up in the mountains that not even Alexander the Great could conquer lays empty. Perched on a fortified eagles nest high in the mountains of southwestern Turkey, Termessos, can… ...

Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great, who set out from his kingdom of Macedon (in modern-day Greece) at the age of 20 to conquer the mighty Persian Empire.