Alexander the Great

The hydraulic telegraph, invented by the ancient Greeks, had the capacity to send long-distance messages as early as the fourth century BC. The ingenious apparatus is dubbed as the world's first telecommunications device. It was designed for military purposes by...

After Alexander the Great added Egypt to his conquests, he went on a long, perilous journey to meet the ancient Siwa Oracle where he received a mysterious message. By 332 BC when the young king had already conquered vast swathes...

The gold and silver mines of North Greece and Lavrio produced the metals the ancient Greeks needed to forge empires and lay the foundations of Western civilization. The mineral wealth of ancient Greece played a crucial role not only in...

While Athens and Sparta dominate history book pages, there are lesser known ancient Greek city-states that played an important role in the spread of Greek civilization. City-states such as Thebes in Central Greece, Argos and Corinth in the Peloponnese, the...

For over 2,300 years, researchers and historians have been trying to locate Alexander the Great’s Tomb, which remains one of the world’s greatest mysteries even to this day. A recent effort to find it has become an acclaimed documentary that...

The efforts of Alexander the Great and the first President of modern Greece Ioannis Kapodistrias to employ Hellenic civilization for the good of humanity reflect the greatness of ancient Greece / Hellas. By Evaggelos Vallianatos Alexander accomplished so much so soon...

Alexander the Great died at age 32 after falling ill with a high fever following a night of heavy drinking. Twelve days later, the legendary general succumbed, leaving behind a vast empire unlike any other before. More than 2,300 years...

Archaeologists have discovered a bronze fitting depicting Alexander the Great on the Danish island of Zealand. The discovery was made by Finn Ibsen and Lars Danielsen, two amateur archaeologists who were conducting a metal detector survey near the city of...

Alexander the Great's sister, Thessalonike of Macedon, was a remarkable figure. Outliving her half-brother, she would go on to become the queen of Macedon through marriage to one of Alexander's generals, Cassander. During his conquests, Alexander the Great named a...

Mithridates was an ambitious Greco-Persian king who left his mark in history for his fierce war against the Romans and for developing immunity to poison