Alexander the Great lived a short life even by the standards of his time. The former king of Macedonia died mysteriously at the age of 32, though he had already conquered much of the civilized world ...

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

Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great, who set out from his kingdom of Macedon (in modern-day Greece) at the age of 20 to conquer the mighty Persian Empire.

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 ...

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

For whom the monument was built is a matter of debate, but Hephaestion (also spelled Haphaestion), whose death in 324 B.C. sent Alexander the Great into ... associated with birth and fertility ...