The main temple at the ancient city of Taposiris Magna has been suggested as the possible resting place of Cleopatra VII.

But unfortunately, the resting place of Alexander the Great himself still remains a mystery. It's generally agreed that he was originally buried in Egypt, but it is thought his body was moved to ...

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

Alexander was born in Pella ... overlord of Asia Minor and pharaoh of Egypt became 'great king' of Persia at the age of 25. Over the next eight years, in his capacity as king, commander ...

Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities had appointed ... which began in 323 BC after the death of Alexander the Great. Archaeologists will now study the sarcophagus in depth to pinpoint when its ...

Toby Wilkinson's new book The Last Dynasty - Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra is a definitive and ...

A team led by Kathleen Martinez, who has worked for two decades in hopes of finding Cleopatra’s tomb, has unearthed new ...

Abdul: Things have changed a great deal these last 700 ... Abdul: When Alexander of Macedon expanded his empire he conquered Egypt, and made himself pharaoh! After he died, the descendants of ...

Cleopatra was born in the Egyptian city of Alexandria in 69 BC and became the last queen of a Greek-speaking dynasty founded by Alexander the Great's Macedonian general Ptolemy. She succeeded her ...