Few figures from the ancient world grip the modern imagination as powerfully as Alexander the Great and Cleopatra VII, the last pharaoh ... and was crowned at the Temple of Ptah at Memphis and then ...

Many factors played into the annihilation of the ancient Greek city of Thebes. Arrogance was one of them. Despite its fabled history, Thebes hardly intimidated Alexander the Great, who razed it to the ...

Alexander the Great is said to have encountered sea monsters during his campaigns. Credit: Johann Bayer / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons As one of the most famous figures in human history, it comes ...

A grand tomb that may have been built for Alexander the Great's best friend and bodyguard around 2,300 years ago has an astronomical secret: Its burial chamber is aligned so that sunlight enters ...

The dream of finding the tomb of Alexander the Great continues to haunt imaginations around the world, with many situating it in Alexandria, writes Hussein Bassir Alexander the Great (born 356 BCE ...

Believed to have been built for Alexander the Great’s dearest friend Hephaestion, the so-called Kasta monument remains the subject of much debate among historians, yet this research suggests ...

Amun-Ra (a fusion of Amun and the Sun god, Ra). Another tomb held a person named Baki who worked in the 18th dynasty as a granary supervisor, while the third tomb was dedicated to a man named Es ...

We had to withstand a lot of runs. So for us to do that and overcome it on the road was a great team win.” Gilgeous-Alexander took over the scintillating game in its biggest moments. His third ...