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 it on ...

The largest and most lavish tomb ever built in ancient Macedonia may have been designed to fill with sunlight on the winter solstice, according to a somewhat controversial new study. Believed to have ...

Alexander the Great’s tomb was once one of the most visited sites in the ancient world. Roman emperors traveled to see it. Then it vanished. Wars, earthquakes, and rebuilding erased its location.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Alexander the Great was one of history’s greatest generals, but his father—Philip II—was no slouch either. His rule gave rise to Macedonia and its ...

A physical anthropologist in Greece claims that a mysterious material discovered in one of the iconic fourth-century BCE Royal Tombs at Vergina is a tunic fragment that belonged to none other than ...

Archaeologists exploring the long-disputed Royal Tombs of Vergina in northern Greece claim a purple tunic found in Philip III’s tomb once belonged to Alexander the Great. Experts believe they’ve ...