The defeat of the Persians in 334 B.C. at that location provided a monumental turning point in the success of Alexander and ...

Stephen Harrison has written what might be called a historiographical biography, as his subtitle suggests. He is vitally concerned with how Alexander has been depicted in both ancient and modern times ...

Afghanistan is the most sought-after landmass, perhaps due to its geographical location. From Alexander (I do not write Great ...

Cyrus vs. Alexander: Battle of the Greats Welcome to WatchMojo, and in today’s installment of Versus, we’re pitting Cyrus and Alexander — two of history’s greatest conquerors — against each to ...

Archaeologists in North Macedonia believe they may have found the remains of Lyncus, the lost capital city of Lyncestis that was settled in the mountainous region of Upper Macedonia sometime in the ...

Archeologists thought an excavation site was just a military outpost–but after further study, they realized it was actually an entire ancient city. Artifacts found at the site date the city back to ...

Prologue: Persepolis 488 BCE -- Part one: establishing empire -- the Medes and the Persians -- See, the conqu'ring hero comes -- The many deaths-and births-of Cyrus the Great -- The sceptre of Egypt - ...

Alexander had a love-hate relationship with his father, King Philip II of Macedonia. While at times he appeared to be the clear heir, polygamy, exile, and an assassination made Alexander's path to ...

Alexander the Great and the east : history, art, tradition: an introduction / Krzysztof Nawotka and Agnieszka Wojciechowska -- An Egyptian prince at Alexander's court at Asia? : a new interpretation ...

In June 323 BCE, in the palace of King Nebuchadnezzar II in Babylon, the most powerful man in the world died. Just 13 days earlier, Alexander the Great—the greatest conqueror the world had seen—had ...