Netflix’s new docu-drama series, Alexander: The Making of a God, has sparked backlash from “anti-woke" influencers who are offended that the series depicts Alexander the Great in a homosexual ...

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 ...

The secrets of a vast burial mound with links to Alexander the Great are being revealed during an excavation and restoration ...

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. But ...

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 ...

Today, Alexander the Great is widely considered antiquity’s preeminent military commander. As it turns out, his battleground fame was so far flung that, even 500 years after his death, Alexander was ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Alexander the Great was one of history’s greatest generals, but his father—Philip II—was no slouch either. His rule gave rise to Macedonia and its ...

One October morning in 336 B.C., the small theater at Aigai, the ceremonial center of ancient Macedonia, began to fill with honored guests. They had come from across Greece and the Balkans to attend ...

Quote of the day by Alexander the Great: Alexander the Great, a Macedonian king, built one of the ancient world's largest ...