Alexander the Great in battle on his horse, Bucephalas © Alexander III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many Kings, Emperors and leaders have been known for being great warriors in the battlefield. They have fought many famous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alexander the Great and Aristotle - Photo Researchers/Getty Images History tells us that Alexander the Great, born in 356 B.C., ...

The family tree of the legendary leader is involved. Alexander the Great is one of the best-known figures in world history. He only lived until age 32, dying in Babylon. But first, he built a massive ...

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 ...

Under the Çanakkale Regional Board for the Protection of Cultural Heritage’s decision, both the battlefield and its ...

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 ...

Alexander: God, King, Man. By Edmund Richardson. Bloomsbury; 480 pages; £25. To be published in America by St Martin’s Press in September; $33 How do you measure the greatness of Alexander the Great?