A famous Roman mosaic depicting Alexander the Great is revealing new insights into antiquity. As part of an ongoing ...

New evidence suggests that the battlefield lies in northwestern Turkey. The battle marked the start of the 21-year-old ...

Alexander the Great had one legitimate child, a son named Alexander IV of Macedon. Alexander IV was born in 323 BC to ...

The roughly 2,000-year-old mosaic was buried in Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79. It was discovered in 1831, ...

U sing a non-invasive method of analysis, researchers have discovered that the pieces making up the famous Pompeii mosaic of ...

An ancient statue dating to the Hellenistic era was found in a black bag next to garbage bins in Greece's northern city of ...

“Our research, combined with a careful reading of ancient sources, has led us to pinpoint the exact location of the battle, the villages involved, and its position within the plains,” said Revhan ...

At long last, Turkish researchers have pinpointed the precise site of the Battle of Granicus, where Alexander the Great achieved his ... Achaemenid Persian Empire, clearing the way for eastward ...

Here’s how it works. Researchers may have finally identified the site where Alexander the Great fought the Battle of the Granicus against the Persian Empire. The site is about 6 miles (10 ...

One of the most famous artworks of the ancient world reads almost like a map of the Roman Empire's power.

His empire, stretching from ... realms has not been enough. From Alexander the Great and Napoleon Bonaparte to Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Putin, they gaze at a map and want more.