At just 20 years old, Alexander inherited a kingdom—and set out to conquer an empire. His invasion of Persia would shake the world.

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

The young conqueror fell suddenly and fatally ill at an all-night feast. Now, a Stanford historian has found a potential ...

Alexander the Great's siege of the island city of Tyre used all the innovation and cunning worthy of a conqueror still known ...

The Persian Empire, founded in the 6th century BCE by Cyrus the Great, became one of history’s most powerful and influential empires. At its height, it spanned three continents,covering parts of ...

Alexander is often identified with Dhū al-Qarnayn, “the two horns.” Ruymbeke demonstrates the connection between Alexander’s association with wine and why Niẓāmī employs such sāqīnāma passages in his ...

Archaeologists identified skeletons found in an ancient tomb as the royal lineage of Alexander the Great, including his ...

Photo illustration of Philip II of Macedon, left, and his son Alexander the Great. Sculptures are first-century Roman copies of Greek originals. A. Dagli Orti / De Agostini Picture Library ...

No matter how much Netanyahu portrays himself as a new Churchill, his attacks on Tehran risk backfiring — strengthening the ...

The same force that paved the way for the Greek Golden Age sowed the seeds of its political collapse: individualism.

In the wake of the recent conflict between Israel and Iran, the question of military strength in the Middle East has been at ...

In light of the recent conflict between Israel and Iran, military spending in the region is ramping up. Fighter jets and ...