For centuries, the location of Alexander the Great’s tomb has remained one of the most baffling and captivating mysteries in ...

The legendary Macedonian King Alexander III, famously known as Alexander the Great (who was educated by the titanic Greek ...

Alexander the Great died at age 32, but his cause of death is unclear. ... Doherty noted, and Ptolemy I Soter, who ruled Egypt after Alexander's death, may have been the culprit.

Mr. Wilkinson’s story really gets going with Alexander’s successor, Ptolemy. He was one of the Great’s generals, and after Alexander died at Babylon, he hastened to Egypt to claim that corner of the ...

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 ...

One of his generals, Ptolemy, got control of Alexander the Great's body and brought it to Memphis, Egypt, in 321 B.C., Chris Naunton, an Egyptologist who is director of the U.K.-based Robert ...

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before dying, aged just 32. Alexander the Great’s legacy has given him ...

Alexander the Great was crowned king of Macedon in October 336 B.C.E.. Over the following decade, he conquered an unparalleled territory that grew to span from Greece to northwestern India.

The Gist: Alexander: The Making Of A God is a six-part docuseries that examines the rise of Alexander The Great from his brief exile from his home in Macedonia, to becoming the “boy king” of ...

In a new telling of the Macedonian leader’s final years, Rachel Kousser shows what happened when dreams of conquest met reality. A 16th-century depiction of Alexander the Great commissioned for ...

Whilst Alexander’s funeral cortege was on its way to Macedonia, Ptolemy I Soter (one of Alexander’s generals who became the ruler of Egypt) seized the casket and took it temporarily to Memphis ...