The highest honours have gone to Sir Antony Gormley, the sculptor behind the Angel of the North, and Professor Jocelyn Bell ...

VALLEJO — Three events that celebrate Filipino heritage are scheduled for Saturday.

The faithful have no use for facts and figures or history and geography says DEVDUTT PATTANAIKWhen the British came to India they found Hindu practices very confusing They came from a very different r ...

To obtain Canadian citizenship through naturalization, most permanent residents will be required to pass the Canadian citizenship test. If you take the test, you will be asked about Canada’s history, ...

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.

Alexander the Great died in June 323 B.C. in Babylon, in what is now Iraq, at age 32. By that time, he had conquered an empire that stretched from the Balkans to India. This empire collapsed ...

Alexander the Great is remembered as one of history’s greatest generals, having conquered vast tracts of the ancient world, including Persia, Egypt, and parts of India, but his empire quickly ...

It took Alexander the Great some 10 years to conquer the known world back in the fourth century B.C. It seems to take Robert Rossen almost as long to recreate on film this slice of history.

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 ...

Among the many perks that came with being an ancient Macedonian king was the exclusive right to dress in purple, and Alexander the Great certainly made the most of this royal entitlement.