Alexander the Great died in June 323 B.C. in Babylon, in what is now Iraq, at age 32. By that time, he had conquered an empire that stretched from the Balkans to India. This empire collapsed shortly ...

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 greatest ...

In a misty stretch of northern Greek countryside, wedged between forested hills and a coastal plain west of Thessaloniki, is the modern village of Vergina. But Angeliki Kottaridi, who has spent a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We see the famous mosaic from Pompeii of Alexander the Great riding his horse in battle. Alexander the Great ascended the ...

The recent identification of Charax Spasinou, an ancient port city associated with the Hellenistic world and traditionally ...

(CNN) — By the time he died, aged just 32, he had redrawn the map of the northern hemisphere, conquering land across three continents and ruling over states from Egypt to modern-day India — over 2,000 ...

The family tree of the legendary leader is involved. Alexander the Great is one of the best-known figures in world history. He only lived until age 32, dying in Babylon. But first, he built a massive ...

Alexander the Great, a Macedonian king, built one of history's largest empires. He led his army across Asia and Egypt.

Greek archaeologists have announced the discovery of a rare and ancient bust of Alexander the Great—and all they had to do was look through the unexplored corners of the storage in one of their own ...

An ancient tunic beleived to belong to Alexander the Great was found in the Royal Tombs of Vergina in Greece. Alamy Stock Photo What a Great find. New archeological research has uncovered a piece of ...

On June 11, 323 B.C., the famed Alexander the Great died, felled by a mysterious illness that left him too weak to move. Ever since, the cause of the Macedonian leader's death has been debated. Did he ...