A tomb that may have been built for a close friend of Alexander the Great may be aligned with the winter solstice.

Alexander the Great's empire stretched from the Balkans ... and was brought up with the belief that he was of divine birth. "From his earliest days, Olympias had encouraged him to believe that ...

The death of Alexander the Great — one of the history’s most famed conquerors — has long been a mystery. And theories surrounding his death are endless: Did he die of typhoid or malaria?

Alexander the Great, though a brilliant military strategist, left behind an empire that quickly fragmented after his death in 323 BCE. Known for his ambition, vision, and sometimes ruthless ...

The mystery over the death of Alexander the Great may have finally been solved — and his passing was grislier than historians had ever imagined. The fearsome military genius succumbed to a rare ...

Historians have debated the death of Alexander the Great for centuries, with some arguing he was assassinated, while others suggesting he was afflicted by malaria or typhoid. The theories abound ...

This empire collapsed shortly after his death, with his generals and officials carving it up into different kingdoms. But how did Alexander the Great die? The answer has been a long-standing ...

Alexander the Great may have been killed by Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare neurological condition in which a person's own immune system attacks them, says one medical researchers. The condition ...

It may have happened more than 2,300 years ago, but the mystery of Alexander the Great's death could finally be solved, thanks to a University of Otago, New Zealand, academic. Dr Katherine Hall ...

One of the more impressive things about Alexander the Great is that the military genius did it all before the age of 32. While details differ, the general outline of Alexander’s death in the ...

Stock image of a statue of Alexander the Great in Thessaloniki ... accounts of the death of Philip, who was assassinated shortly after his wife, Cleopatra, gave birth. Cleopatra and the baby ...

Alexander, the brilliant young Macedonian king remembered as “the Great,” has frequently been ... near-misses and anticlimactic death. With ‘Compton in My Soul,’ Albert M.