Alexander the Great was king of Macedon from 336 to 323BC ... Creed Origins—atmospherically recreated in the final room of the exhibition—is a fitting emblem for a figure whose ghostly presence has ...

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.

Alexander was born in 356 BC, the son of Philip II, king of the northern Greek state of Macedonia. His mother Olympias, a princess from the neighbouring country of Epirus, was rumoured to be a witch.

The head of Alexander the Great with a pharaonic uraeus (4th century ... fringed with snakes and Gorgon head — goddess Athena’s emblem of invincibility. No exhibition can settle the case ...

Netflix documentary Alexander the Great: The Making of a God has provoked outrage for its portrayal of Alexander in a romantic relationship with his male companion Hephaestion. Alexander the Great ...