The legendary Macedonian King Alexander III, famously known as Alexander the Great (who was educated by the titanic Greek ...

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

The Persian Empire, founded in the 6th century BCE by Cyrus the Great, became one of history’s most powerful and influential empires. At its height, it spanned three continents,covering parts of ...

One possibility is outside Egypt, and the discovery of a stone sarcophagus decorated with Alexander the Great imagery in Sidon, Lebanon, led to speculation that he might have been buried there.

Archaeologists uncovered multi-storey dwellings, granaries and a ceremonial road tied to the worship of the cobra goddess Wadjet.

A ONCE bustling city with multi-storey tower houses and a cobra goddess temple built 2,400 years ago has been discovered by ...

A long-lost city dating back some 2,400 years has been discovered next to a temple dedicated to the ancient Egyptian cobra ...

Introduction Europeans did not think we would find out about our black human species that inhabited Europe before the arrival of the Caucasians from the Caucasus Mountains in Central Asia .

Alexander, the son of his fourth wife, Olympias, was a bold, headstrong boy of unusual intelligence. When Alexander reached age 13, Philip summoned Aristotle to the Macedonian court.

There are no fewer than seven theatres of war in the world today which have invited more than our passing attention. I am ...

At Opis, Alexander the Great confronted a mutiny of his army, caused by simmering tensions between the Macedonians and Persians.