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A study reveals that the Kasta Tomb in Amphipolis, Greece, built by Alexander for Hephaestion, was solar-aligned with the winter sun.

Alexander the Great died in June 323 B.C. in Babylon ... his body had shown no sign of decay. However, the surviving accounts of Alexander's death were written centuries after he died.

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.

Alexander the Great's vast empire was built upon his keen and continuously changing battle tactics, which depended on the enemy and terrain.

Among the many perks that came with being an ancient Macedonian king was the exclusive right to dress in purple, and Alexander the Great certainly made the most of this royal entitlement.

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.

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 ...

Artifacts found at the site date the city back to Alexander the Great’s lifetime, though some experts suggest humans may have occupied the area as early as the Bronze Age. The ancient city might ...