Tyre

Alexander the Great's siege of the island city of Tyre used all the innovation and cunning worthy of a conqueror who is still remembered to this day. Amid his campaigns against the mighty Persian Empire in the early fourth century...

The Phoenicians were, for a long time, significant rivals to the Greeks in dominating Mediterranean trade. Interestingly, they shared quite a few similarities to the ancient Greeks. But what do we actually know about them? Did a place called...

Builders discovered ruins from Alexander the Great's siege of Gaza at a 2,000-year-old Roman cemetery, the Jerusalem Post reports. The Roman cemetery near the coast of the northern Gaza Strip contains 31 ornate tombs, with the local Antiquities Authority calling...