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

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.

Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Report this post. Alexander the Great (356-323 BCE) holds a very special place in Jewish historiography and mythology. It is true that there ...

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.

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 ...