The speech is taken from the 'Anabasis of Alexander' (Book VII Chapter X), written around 130 AD by the Roman/Greek historian Arrian. Arrian had access to eyewitness accounts which are now lost ...

The remains of Alexander the Great may lie under the streets of Alexandria, they may have been "eaten by a shark," or they may be somewhere else entirely. But one thing is certain: Archaeologists ...

When Alexander the Great passed away, his son, Alexander IV, was still in his mother's womb, making his succession a web of intrigue.

Before presidential addresses and social media, ancient rulers used coins as a form of marketing to reach their people in ...

We are still discussing the many archaeological discoveries we announced back in January 8, revealed by the Egyptian mission ...

Legends surround love, that crazy feeling that can inspire the most beautiful songs, but also the most terrible wars. History ...

Alexander the Great (left ... With his armies, he ends the civil war in Egypt in Cleopatra's favor. Ptolemy suffers a convenient fatal accident. Caesar goes on to live with Cleopatra in Rome ...

At this point, Egypt is ruled by the Ptolemaic Kingdom, started by Alexander the Great’s general Ptolemy I Soter. This is an Egypt ruled by an invading Grecian power that the people decided to ...

You can, however, expect to meet some crocodiles on your Nile voyage. Most itineraries stop at Kom Ombo, a town 50km upriver ...

Fast-forward two millennia and the paintwork has long since faded, giving rise to a range of colourless copycats that would ...